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καταπρίω

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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: katapríō Transliteration B: katapriō Transliteration C: kataprio Beta Code: katapri/w

English (LSJ)

[ῑ],

   A saw up, κορμοὺς ξύλων Hdt.7.36; saw asunder, LXXSu.59.    2 cut or bite into pieces, κύμινον Theoc.10.55; γλῶσσαν κυνόδοντι Nic. Al.283.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1372] (s. πρίω), zersägen; κορμούς Her. 7, 36; zerbeißen, theilen, κύμινον Theocr. 10, 55; γλῶσσαν κυνόδοντι Nic. Al. 283.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

καταπρίω: ῑ, καταπριονίζω, σχίζω διὰ πρίονος, καταπρίσαντες κορμοὺς ξύλων Ἡρόδ. 7. 36. 2) κατακόπτω ἢ κατασπαράττω διὰ τῶν ὀδόντων εἰς τεμάχια, κ. τὸ κύμινον Θεόκρ. 10. 55, πρβλ., κ. γλῶσσαν κυνόδοντι Νικ. Ἀλεξιφ. 283∙- ὡσαύτως -πρίζω, διὰ τῆς θλίψεως ἁλίσκεσθαι καὶ καταπρίζεσθαι Ἀμφίλοχ.