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Ἀλλ’ ἐσθ’ ὁ θάνατος λοῖσθος ἰατρός κακῶν → But death is the ultimate healer of ills

Sophocles, Fragment 698

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substantive

P. ἀκοντιστής, ὁ, V. ἀκοντιστήρ, ὁ, αἰχμητής, ὁ (Euripides, also Plato but rare P.), Ar. and P. λογχοφόρος, ὁ (Xen.).

Translations

spearman

Arabic: رَمَّاح‎; Bulgarian: копиеносец; French: lancier, piquier; Greek: λογχοφόρος; Ancient Greek: αἰχμαῖος, αἰχμήεις, αἰχμήεσσα, αἰχμητής, αἰχμοφόρος, ἀκοντιστήρ, ἀκοντιστής, δορυφόρος, κονταράτος, λογχήρης, λογχοφόρος; Hungarian: dárdás; Kalmyk: җидч; Persian: نیزه‌دار‎, سرباز نیزه‌دار‎; Romanian: sulițar; Swedish: spjutkastare