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οὐκ ἐπιλογιζόμενος ὅτι ἅμα μὲν ὀδύρῃ τὴν ἀναισθησίαν, ἅμα δὲ ἀλγεῖς ἐπὶ σήψεσι καὶ στερήσει τῶν ἡδέων, ὥσπερ εἰς ἕτερον ζῆν ἀποθανούμενος, ἀλλ᾿ οὐκ εἰς παντελῆ μεταβαλῶν ἀναισθησίαν καὶ τὴν αὐτὴν τῇ πρὸ τῆς γενέσεως → you do not consider that you are at one and the same time lamenting your want of sensation, and pained at the idea of your rotting away, and of being deprived of what is pleasant, as if you are to die and live in another state, and not to pass into insensibility complete, and the same as that before you were born
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|lshtext=<b>ācrŏāmă</b>: ătis, n., = [[ἀκρόαμα]]>.— Prop.,<br /><b>I</b> [[that]] [[which]] is [[heard]] [[with]] [[pleasure]], a [[gratification]] to the [[ear]]; as [[music]] or [[reading]]; esp. used for [[entertainment]] at meals, [[with]] [[music]] or [[reading]], Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 13; Suet. Vesp. 19; Petron. Fragm. Tragun. p. 297.—Hence, meton. ([[like]] the | |lshtext=<b>ācrŏāmă</b>: ătis, n., = [[ἀκρόαμα]]>.— Prop.,<br /><b>I</b> [[that]] [[which]] is [[heard]] [[with]] [[pleasure]], a [[gratification]] to the [[ear]]; as [[music]] or [[reading]]; esp. used for [[entertainment]] at meals, [[with]] [[music]] or [[reading]], Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 13; Suet. Vesp. 19; Petron. Fragm. Tragun. p. 297.—Hence, meton. ([[like]] the plur. in Greek), the [[entertainer]] at [[table]], by [[music]] (a [[performer]]) or by [[reading]] (a reader); also a [[buffoon]]: cum ex Themistocle quaererctur, [[quod]] [[acroama]] aut cujus vocem lubentissime audiret, Cic. Arch. 9: [[nemo]] in convivio ejus (Attici) aliud [[acroama]] audivit, [[quam]] anagnosten, id. Att. 14, 1: non [[solum]] [[spectator]], sed [[actor]] et [[acroama]], Cic. Sest. 54: festivum, id. Verr. 2, 4, 22. Cf. Smith's Antiq., and Becker's Gall. 3, p. 203 (2d ed.). | ||
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ācrŏāmă: ătis, n., = ἀκρόαμα>.— Prop.,
I that which is heard with pleasure, a gratification to the ear; as music or reading; esp. used for entertainment at meals, with music or reading, Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 13; Suet. Vesp. 19; Petron. Fragm. Tragun. p. 297.—Hence, meton. (like the plur. in Greek), the entertainer at table, by music (a performer) or by reading (a reader); also a buffoon: cum ex Themistocle quaererctur, quod acroama aut cujus vocem lubentissime audiret, Cic. Arch. 9: nemo in convivio ejus (Attici) aliud acroama audivit, quam anagnosten, id. Att. 14, 1: non solum spectator, sed actor et acroama, Cic. Sest. 54: festivum, id. Verr. 2, 4, 22. Cf. Smith's Antiq., and Becker's Gall. 3, p. 203 (2d ed.).
