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εἶρος

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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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Full diacritics: εἶρος Medium diacritics: εἶρος Low diacritics: είρος Capitals: ΕΙΡΟΣ
Transliteration A: eîros Transliteration B: eiros Transliteration C: eiros Beta Code: ei)=ros

English (LSJ)

εος, τό,

   A wool, Od.4.135,9.426.    II = γναφάλλιον, Ps.- Dsc.3.117.    III a kind of fever, Hp. ap. Erot. (with other expll.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 735] τό, Wolle (s. ἔριον), Od. 4, 135. 9, 426.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

εἶρος: ὁ, «οἱ μὲν σχηματισμὸν τῆς περὶ τὸν σπλῆνα σκιρρώδους ὀγκώσεως εἶναί φασιν, οἱ δὲ τὴν περὶ ὅλον τὸ σῶμα κάκωσιν· οὐ καλῶς ἀμφότεροι. Ἔστι γὰρ ὁ εἶρος πυρετοῦ εἶδος» Ἐρωτιαν. Λεξ. Ἱπποκρ. σ. 140.