μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
| Full diacritics: ὕπνον | Medium diacritics: ὕπνον | Low diacritics: ύπνον | Capitals: ΥΠΝΟΝ |
| Transliteration A: hýpnon | Transliteration B: hypnon | Transliteration C: ypnon | Beta Code: u(/pnon |
τό, a kind of
A lichen, Aët.1.75, and cited by Cornarius Comm.ad Gal.Pharm.sec.locos, Basil.1537, p.290, from Aët.12.44 ( = 55 Kostomiris), 13.117,118.
ὕπνον: τό, εἶδος βρύου φυομένου ἐπὶ τῶν δένδρων, Schneid. εἰς Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Ἱστ. 3. 8, 6.
