μηδέν' ὀλβίζειν, πρὶν ἂν τέρμα τοῦ βίου περάσῃ μηδὲν ἀλγεινὸν παθών → Count no man blessed 'til he's passed the endpoint of his life without grievous suffering. (Sophocles, King Oedipus 1529f.)
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P. οὐσία, ἡ, τὸ εἶναι. Life: P. and V. βίος, ὁ, ζωή, ἡ (Plat. and Aesch., Frag.), V. ζόη, ἡ (Eur., Hec. 1108). Believe in the existence of the gods: P. and V. θεοὺς νομίζειν, θεοὺς ἡγεῖσθαι.
