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κακόφωνος

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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: kakóphōnos Transliteration B: kakophōnos Transliteration C: kakofonos Beta Code: kako/fwnos

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A ill-sounding, not producing agreeable sounds, τὰ ξηρὰ κ. Arist.Aud.802b23; with a bad voice, τραγῳδός D.T.631.21, Phlp.in de An.533.32; opp. εὔφωνος, Phld.Po. Herc.994Fr.11; of words, cacophonous, D.H.Comp.12, cf. 16 (Sup.), D.T.631.20; τὸ κ., = κακοφωνία, Sch.Ar.Eq.248.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1305] mit unangenehmer, rauher Stimme, mißtönend, Rhett., Schol. Ar. Equ. 248.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κακόφωνος: -ον, κακῶς ἠχῶν, μὴ ἀπηχῶν, τὰ ξηρὰ κακόφωνα Ἀριστ. π. Ἀκουστ. 40· ἐπὶ λέξεων, Διον. Ἁλ. π. Συνθ. 12· τὸ κακόφωνον = κακοφωνία, Σχόλ. εἰς Ἀριστοφ. Ἱππ. 248. - πρὸς ἑρμηνείαν τοῦ δυσκέλαδος, «κακοκέλαδος, καὶ οἰονεὶ κακόφωνος» Πρόκλ. εἰς Ἡσ. Ἔργ. κ. Ἡμ. 194.