κλῆμα
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό, Aeol. κλᾶμμα (q.v.),
A twig or branch, esp. vinetwig, Ar.Ec.1031, Hp.Epid.4.50, 6.3.8, Thphr.HP2.5.5, CP3.14.6, al.; ἀμπέλου κ. Pl.R.353a: generally, cutting, slip, ὁ βλαστὸς τοῦ κ. X.Oec.19.8, cf. Arist.HA550b8: metaph., ἀνατετμήκασί τινες τὰ κ. τὰ τοῦ δήμου D.ap.Aeschin.3.166; of the navel string, πεῖσμα καὶ κ. τῷ γεννωμένῳ καρπῷ Democr.148. 2 vine-switch, cane, carried by Roman centurions, Lat.vitis, Plu.Galb.26, etc. II = πιτυοῦσσα, Dsc.4.165; = πολύγονον, Plin.HN27.113. III = ὑπόδημα, Hsch.; cf. κλείματα.
