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From LSJ

Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

Ar. and V. πορθμεύς, ὁ.

Translations

ferryman

Chinese Mandarin: 渡船夫; Dutch: veerman; Finnish: lautturi; French: batelier; German: Fährmann, Ferge; Greek: πορθμέας, βαρκάρης; Ancient Greek: πορθμεύς; Hebrew: מַעְבּוֹרַאי‎; Hungarian: révész; Icelandic: ferjumaður; Italian: traghettatore; Macedonian: скелеџија; Portuguese: balseiro; Romanian: luntraș, barcagiu; Russian: паромщик; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: скелеђија, скелеџија; Roman: skeleđija, skelédžija; Spanish: barquero, balsero; Volapük: lovenafan, hilovenafan, jilovenafan