ἀντιπνέω

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ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνονPlato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep

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Transliteration A: antipnéō Transliteration B: antipneō Transliteration C: antipneo Beta Code: a)ntipne/w

English (LSJ)

of winds,

   A blow against, πρός τι Arist.Pr.940b34; ἀλλήλοις Thphr. Vent.53: impers., ἀντιπνεῖ, διὰ τὸ ἀντιπνεῖν Arist.Mete.370b22.    2 to be adverse or contrary, Ph.1.593, Plu.Cic.32, Luc.Nav.7: metaph. of fortune, Plb.25.3.9, Clitomachus ap. Stob.4.41.29: c. dat., Luc. Tox.7.    3 trans., πνεῦμα ταῖς ναυσί Plu.2.309b.