ταλασία
From LSJ
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)
ἡ,
A wool-spinning, = ταλασιουργία, Pl.Lg.805e, X.Mem.3.9.11, Oec.7.41, Ph.2.328 (pl.), Plu.Rom.15, etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1065] ἡ, das Wollespinnen, die Wollspinnerei; Plat. Legg. VII, 805 e; Xen. Mem. 3, 9, 11 (s. ταλασιουργία); wahrscheinlich mit τάλαντον zusammenhangend, weil die Wolle zum Spinnen den Arbeitern zugewogen wurde; Andere denken an τάλαρος.
