οὐ δικαίως θάνατον ἔχθουσιν βροτοί, ὅσπερ μέγιστον ῥῦμα τῶν πολλῶν κακῶν → unjustly men hate death, which is the greatest defence against their many ills | men are not right in hating death, which is the greatest succour from our many ills
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English (LSJ)
(σκάπος cod.)· κλάδος, καὶ ἄνεμος ποιός, Hsch.: cf. Lat. A scapus.
German (Pape)
[Seite 889] ὁ, dor. statt σκῆπος, = σκῆπτρον, Stab, Stock, Ast, Hesych.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
σκᾶπος: ὁ, Δωρ. ἀντὶ σκῆπτρον, Λατ. scapus· «κλάδος. καὶ ἄνεμος ποιὸς» Ἡσύχ.