πύελος
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)
(so Phld.Mort.33) or πύᾰλος, ἡ,
A trough, for feeding animals, Od.19.553. 2 bathing-tub, Hp. Acut.65, Ar.Eq.1060, Pax 843, Th.562, Crates Com.15.5, Eup.256, PEnteux.83 (iii B.C.). 3 vat, kitchen-boiler, Ar.V.141. 4 sarcophagus, Thphr.Lap.6, Arr.An.6.29.9, CIG3785, al. (Nicomedia), 4164 (Sinope); πύαλος, ib.2050 (Philippopolis), 3777 (Nicomedia), IGRom.1.624 (Tomi), Supp.Epigr.4.106 (Rome, ii A.D.). 5 = πυελίς 1.1, Poll.7.179. 6 infundibulum of the brain, Gal.2.709, UP8.3, 9.3. 7 a surgical instrument, Hermes 38.283. [ῡ Od. l.c., perh. metri gr., ῠ Att.]
