from the earliest times

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οὐ γὰρ συμφύεται τὰ πεπηγότα ὤσπερ τὰ ὑγρά (Aristotle, Meteorologica 348a.14) → since solid bodies/frozen drops cannot coalesce like liquid ones

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English > Greek (Woodhouse Extra)

ἐκ τοῦ ἐπὶ πλεῖστον