καταχήνη

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χρόνος ἐστὶ δάνος, τὸ ζῆν πικρός ἐσθ' ὁ δανίσας → time is a loan, and he who lent you life is a hard creditor | time is on loan and life's lender is a prick

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Transliteration A: katachḗnē Transliteration B: katachēnē Transliteration C: katachini Beta Code: kataxh/nh

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A flouting, mockery, Ar.V.575, Ec.631; Καταχῆναι, αἱ, title of play, IG14.1097.8.    II amulet in the shape of a locust offered in the Acropolis of Athens, Hsch.