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
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Deter: Ar. and P. ἀποτρέπειν, P. and V. ἀποστρέφειν, V. ἀντισπᾶν (Aesch., P.V. 337); see divert, deter.
Persuade not to: P. and V. πείθειν τινὰ μή (infin.) or ὥστε μή (infin.).