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σκυτοτομεῖν

From LSJ

Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also σκυτοτομέω): be a shoemaker, cobble shoes