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διαψαίρω

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θάνατος οὐθὲν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἐπειδήπερ ὅταν μὲν ἡμεῖς ὦμεν, ὁ θάνατος οὐ πάρεστιν, ὅταν δὲ ὁ θάνατος παρῇ, τόθ' ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἐσμέν. → Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus
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Transliteration A: diapsaírō Transliteration B: diapsairō Transliteration C: diapsairo Beta Code: diayai/rw

English (LSJ)

   A brush away, blow away, θυμιαμάτων αὖραι διαψαίρουσι πλεκτάνην καπνοῦ Ar.Av.1717; διαψαίρουσα πέπλους (sc. αὔρα) Hermipp.6; cleanse, γλώσσῃ διαψαίρουσα μυκτήρων πόρους E.Fr.926; scratch through, of birds, Opp.H.2.115.    II intr., flutter in the wind, Nic.Al.127.

German (Pape)

[Seite 614] durchreiben, durchstreichen; αὖραι διαψαίρουσι πλεκτάνην καπνοῦ Ar Av. 1717; durchscharren, ὄρνιθες πόδεσσι Opp. H. 2, 116; intr., οἶά τε γήρ ια διαψαίρουσιν ἀέλλαις, ein Spiel der Winde werden, Nic. Al. 127.