ἑκατογκεφάλας
From LSJ
Βίων δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Bion used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Bion said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
English (LSJ)
[φᾰ], α, οξ,
A hundred-headed, Pi. O.4.8, Ar.Ra.473, Nu.336.
German (Pape)
[Seite 752] ὁ, = Folgdm; Τυφώς Pind. Ol. 4, 8; Ar. Nubb. 336.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἑκᾰτογκεφάλας: γεν. α, ὁ, ἑκατὸν ἔχων κεφαλάς, Πινδ. Ο. 4. 11· προσέτι ἑκατογκέφαλος, ον, Εὐρ. Ἡρ. Μαιν. 882, Ἀριστοφ. Βάτρ. 473.
French (Bailly abrégé)
α (ὁ) :
à cent têtes.
Étymologie: ἑκατόν, κεφαλή.
English (Slater)
ἑκᾰτογκεφᾰλας
1 hundred-headed ἑκατογκεφάλα Τυφῶνος (O. 4.7) cf. Σ. Hom. Θ 368: Πίνδαρος μὲν οὖν ἑκατὸν ἔχειν αὐτὸν (= Κέρβερον) κεφαλάς φησιν fr. 249b.
