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quittance

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Μακάριος, ὅστις ἔτυχε γενναίου φίλου → Generosa amicus mente , felicis bonum → Glückselig ist, wer einen edlen Freund gewinnt

Menander, Monostichoi, 357

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

quittance (from any obligation): P. ἄφεσις, ἡ, ἀπαλλαγή, ἡ (Dem. 893).

generally, relief, deliverance: P. and V. ἀπαλλαγή, ἡ.

give one quittance of any obligation: P. ἀφιέναι (acc. of person; gen. of thing), ἀπαλλάσσειν (acc. of person; gen. of thing).