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οδοντοβολώ

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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

Gnomologium Vaticanum, 446

Greek Monolingual

ὀδοντοβολῶ, -έω (Μ)
αποβάλλω τα δόντια μου.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὀδούς, ὀδόντος + -βολῶ (< -βόλος < βάλλω), πρβλ. φυλλοβολώ].

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