γόμφιος
From LSJ
Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep
Spanish (DGE)
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• Alolema(s): γομφίος Hp.Epid.5.100
I molar, muela ψοφεῖ δ' ὁ γ. Epich.8.3, cf. Ar.Pl.1059, Moer.103
•op. πρόσθιος X.Mem.1.4.6, Arist.PA 661b8
•frec. en plu., Hp.l.c., Hdt.9.83, Ar.Pax 34, Luc.VH 2.1, Gal.2.753, γομφίους ... συγκρούων haciendo rechinar las muelas Babr.92.8.
II fig.
1 diente de llave Ar.Th.423.
2 venablo, saeta, flecha ῥαιβῷ χεῖρας ὥπλισε ... ἀφύκτων γομφίων λυροκτύπῳ armó sus manos con el curvo arco ... lira resonante de inevitables flechas Lyc.918.
