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loin

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Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11

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substantive

P. and V. ὀσφύς, ἡ (Xen., also Ar.).

Met., be sprung from the loins of: P. and V. σπείρεσθαι, ἐκ (gen.), or ἀπό (gen.) (Plato).

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