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Μὴ πάντα πειρῶ πᾶσι πιστεύειν ἀεί → Credenda cunctis esse cuncta ne putes → Glaub ja nicht allen alles immerdar

Menander, Monostichoi, 335
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Transliteration A: katapétasma Transliteration B: katapetasma Transliteration C: katapetasma Beta Code: katape/tasma

English (LSJ)

ατος, τό,

   A curtain, veil, Hld.10.28, PGrenf.2.111.7 (v/vi A. D.); esp. the veil of the Temple, LXXEx.26.31, Aristeas86, Ev.Matt.27.51, etc.; prop. the inner veil, the outer being τὸ κάλυμμα, cf. Ph.2.148: metaph., κ. δόξης Id.1.270.    2 κ. τραπέζης table-cover, Michel832.25 (Samos, iv B. C.).