windfall

From LSJ

οἴνῳ τὸν οἶνον ἐξελαύνεινchase out the wine with wine, take a hair of the dog that bit you, try to drive out the wine with wine

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

P. and V. ἕρμαιον, τό, εὕρημα, τό.

Translations

Bulgarian: неочакван късмет; Chinese Mandarin: 意外之財, 意外之财, 暴利; Finnish: jättipotti; French: aubaine; German: warmer Regen, Geldregen; Ancient Greek: ἕρμαιον, εὕρημα, εὕρεμα; Hungarian: talált pénz, váratlan/​rendkívüli/​nem várt/​nem tervezett/​ölébe pottyant szerencse/​ajándék/​segítség/​haszon/​nyeremény/​bevétel/​többlet; Icelandic: hvalreki; Irish: amhantar; Italian: cuccagna; Japanese: 僥倖; Macedonian: му падна секирата во мед; Maori: kurapae; Norwegian: uventet hell; Polish: gratka; Russian: неожиданная удача; Thai: ลาภลอย; Turkish: devlet kuşu, talih kuşu