βαυβάω
From LSJ
οὐ δικαίως θάνατον ἔχθουσιν βροτοί, ὅσπερ μέγιστον ῥῦμα τῶν πολλῶν κακῶν → unjustly men hate death, which is the greatest defence against their many ills | men are not right in hating death, which is the greatest succour from our many ills
English (LSJ)
A sleep, E.Fr.694, Trag.Adesp.165, Canthar.3. II Act., lull to sleep, Hsch.
German (Pape)
[Seite 439] onomatopoetisches Wort, dem gemeinen Leben angehörend, B. A. 85 aus Eur. u. Canthar. com. mit der v. l. βαβᾶν; schlafen; Soph. frg. 903 bei Eust. 1761, 28. Vgl. καταβ.
