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Κυματολήγη

From LSJ

Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24

Middle Liddell

Κῡμᾰτο-λήγη, ἡ, λήγω, Cymatolege, Kymatolege, wave-stiller, a Nereid, Hes.

Wikipedia EN

In Greek mythology, Cymatolege (Ancient Greek: Κυματολήγη Kymatolege means 'wave-stiller') was one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

Κῡμᾰτολήγη: ἡ, ἡ τὰ κύματα καταπαύουσα, καταπραΰνουσα, ὄνομα Νηρηΐδος, Ἡσ. Θ. 253.

Greek Monolingual

Κυματολήγη, ἡ (Α)
(όν. Νηρηίδας) αυτή που καταπραΰνει, που καταπαύει τα κύματα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛΟΓΙΑ < κῦμα, -α-τ-ος + -λήγη (< λήγω)].

Greek Monotonic

Κῡμᾰτολήγη: ἡ (λήγω), αυτή που καταπραΰνει τα κύματα, λέγεται για τις Νηρηίδες, σε Ησίοδ.