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receptacle

From LSJ

Καλὸν τὸ νικᾶν ἀλλ' ὑπερνικᾶν κακόν → Vincere bonum est: ultra fas vincere lubricum → Schön ist zu siegen, übermäßig siegen schlecht

Menander, Monostichoi, 299

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substantive

P. and V. δοχή, ἡ, P. ὑποδοχή, ἡ, δεξαμενή, ἡ; see also vessel.