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καρφηρός

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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: karphērós Transliteration B: karphēros Transliteration C: karfiros Beta Code: karfhro/s

English (LSJ)

ά, όν, (κάρφος)

   A of dry straw, εὐναῖαι καρφηραί nests, E.Ion172:—misquoted as καρφυραί, Hsch.; cf. καρπυραί.