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Ψυχῆς μέγας χαλινὸς ἀνθρώποις ὁ νοῦς → Animi nam frenum magnum mens est hominibus → Der Menschenseele fester Zügel ist Vernunft

Menander, Monostichoi, 549

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

Ar. and P. ἔλαιον, τό, V. ἄλειφα, τό.

olive-oil: V. λίπος ἐλαίας, τό (Sophocles, Fragment).

scented oil: P. and V. μύρον, τό; see ointment.

verb transitive

Ar. and P. ἀλείφειν; see anoint.