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Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pĕr-ōro: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I to speak from beginning to end, to plead or argue throughout, to harangue at length (class.).
I Prop.: QVOM PERORANT AMBO PRAESENTES, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 10: contra tales oratores tantam causam perorare, Cic. Quint. 24, 77: a Quinto Hortensio causa est P. Sestii perorata, id. Sest. 2, 3: et breviter peroratum esse potuit, nihil me commisisse, Liv. 34, 31: jus perorandi, Tac. A. 2, 30; 3, 17: tribus horis, Cic. Fin. 4, 1, 1; id. Clu. 51, 145: in Proculas, Juv. 2, 67.—
II In partic., to bring a speech to a close, to wind up, conclude, finish: strepitu senatūs coactus est, aliquando perorare, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 4: alii jubent antequam peroretur digredi, id. de Or. 2, 19, 80: dicta est a me causa et perorata, id. Cael. 29, 70; id. Inv. 2, 15, 48; id. Leg. 2, 27, 69: brevi, id. Inv. 1, 48, 90: peroratā narratione, Auct. Her. 1, 10, 17: quoniam satis multa dixi, est mihi perorandum, id. Ac. 2, 48, 147: de ceteris perorare, Nep. Epam. 6, 3.—
B In gen., to bring to an end; to conclude, finish a thing: res illo die non peroratur, dimittitur judicium, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 70: de quā cum dixero totum hoc crimen decumanum perorabo, id. ib. 2, 3, 66, § 154; id. Att. 5, 10, 2.—
2 To persuade: vultus adest precibus faciesque incesta perorat, Luc. 10, 105.—
III (Acc. to oro, II. B.) To pray, to bring a prayer to an end: et hic quidem ita peroravit, Vulg. 2 Macc. 15, 24.