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πεπόνι

From LSJ

Sunt verba voces quibus hunc lenire dolorem possis, magnam morbi deponere partem → Words will avail the wretched mind to ease and much abate the dismal black disease.

Horace, Epistles 1.34

Greek Monolingual

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βοτ. ο καρπός της πεπονιάς.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πεπόν-ιον, υποκορ. του αρχ. πέπων, -ονος «ώριμος, μαλακός, γλυκός καρπός»].