ἐπίρροθος
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)
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A coming to the rescue; as Subst., helper, τοίη οἱ ἐ. ἦεν Ἀθήνη Il.4.390; θεὰ... μοι ἐ. ἐλθὲ ποδοῖιν 23.770; μακραὶ ἐπίρροθοι εὐφρόναι εἰσίν Hes.Op.560; ἐπίρροθοι ἄμμι πέλεσθε A.R.2.1193: also as Adj., μῆτις, πύργος ἐ., ib.1068, 4.1045: c. gen., giving aid against, νύκτερον τέλος . . ἀλγέων ἐ. A.Th.368 (lyr.); cf. ἐπιτάρροθος. 2. [ὁδὸς] λείη καὶ ἐ. easy (?), AP7.50 (Archim.). II. ἐ. κακά reproaches bandied backwards and forwards, abusive language, S.Ant.413. 2. δώμαθ' . . ἐ. full of fault-finding, Id.Fr.583.10.
