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ἐπιρροίβδην

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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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Full diacritics: ἐπιρροίβδην Medium diacritics: ἐπιρροίβδην Low diacritics: επιρροίβδην Capitals: ΕΠΙΡΡΟΙΒΔΗΝ
Transliteration A: epirroíbdēn Transliteration B: epirroibdēn Transliteration C: epirroivdin Beta Code: e)pirroi/bdhn

English (LSJ)

Adv.

   A with noisy fury, E.HF860 (troch.).

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐπιρροίβδην: Ἐπίρρ. ὡς τὸ ῥύδην, μετὰ ἠχηρᾶς καὶ μανιώδους ὁρμῆς, Εὐρ. Ἡρ. Μαιν. 860.

French (Bailly abrégé)

adv.
de manière à engloutir dans un tourbillon.
Étymologie: ἐπιρροιβδέω.

Greek Monolingual

ἐπιρροίβδην (Α)
επίρρ. με ορμητική επίθεση και θόρυβο.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Ο τ. επιρροίβδην αντί επιρροιβδήδην (επί + ροιβδηδόν «θορυβωδώς»), με συλλαβική ανομοίωση].