σφάκελος

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τίς δ' οἶδεν εἰ τὸ ζῆν μέν ἐστι κατθανεῖν, τὸ κατθανεῖν δὲ ζῆν κάτω νομίζεται → who knows if life is death, and if in the underworld death is considered life

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Full diacritics: σφᾰκελος Medium diacritics: σφάκελος Low diacritics: σφάκελος Capitals: ΣΦΑΚΕΛΟΣ
Transliteration A: sphákelos Transliteration B: sphakelos Transliteration C: sfakelos Beta Code: sfa/kelos

English (LSJ)

ὁ,

   A gangrene, mortification, or, of bones, caries, Hp.Aph.7.78; τοῦ ἐγκεφάλου Id. Aër.10 (pl.); so called when farther advanced than γάγγραινα, cf. Gal.2.632, 18(1).687.    2 generally, spasm, convulsion, A.Pr.878 (anap.); κατὰ δ' ἐγκέφαλον πηδᾷ σ. E.Hipp.1352 (anap.): metaph., σ. ἀνέμων the convulsive fury of winds, A.Pr.1045 (anap.).    3 the middle finger, Suid.s.v. σφακελισμός; so σφάκηλος (or φάκηλος) PLond.1821.297.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

σφάκελος: [ᾰ], ὁ, γάγγραινα, νέκρωσις, καὶ ἐπὶ ὀστῶν ξήρανσις καὶ νέκρωσις, Ἱππ. Ἀφ. 1261· τοῦ ἐγκεφάλου ὁ αὐτ. π. Ἀέρ. 287· ὁ τεχνικὸς ὅρος εἶναι γάγγραινα, πρβλ. Γαλην. 2. 263. 2) καθόλου, σπασμός, σπασμώδης κίνησις, σφαδασμός, Αἰσχύλ. Πρ. 878· κατὰ δ’ ἐγκέφαλον πηδᾷ σφ. Εὐριπ. Ἱππ. 1353· μεταφορ., σφ. ἀνέμων, ἡ σπασμώδης μανία καὶ ὁρμὴ τῶν ἀνέμων, Αἰσχύλ. Πρ. 1046. - Ἴδε Κόντου Παρατηρήσεις εἰς Ἀριστ. Ἀθην. Πολιτείαν τομ. Γ΄, σ. 365.