τρικέφαλος

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τὸ μὴ γενέσθαι κρεῖσσον ἢ φῦναι βροτοῖς → not existing is better for mortals than being born, not to be born is better than life for mortals

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Transliteration A: triképhalos Transliteration B: trikephalos Transliteration C: trikefalos Beta Code: trike/falos

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A three-headed, γῦπες Luc.VH1.11, etc.:—ὁ T. a statue of Hermes at Athens, Is.Fr.59, Philoch.69, cf. Ar.Fr.553. [Penult. in Poets sts. long, as Hes.Th.287.]

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

τρῐκέφᾰλος: -ον, ὁ ἔχων τρεῖς κεφαλάς, «Ἑρμῆς τρικέφαλος· Ἀριστοφάνης ἐν Τριφάλητι τοῦτο ἔφη, παίζων κωμικῶς παρόσον τετρακέφαλος ἐν τῇ τριόδῳ τῇ ἐν Κεραμεικῷ ἵδρυτο» Ἡσύχ. ἐν λ. Ἑρμῆς τρικέφαλος (Ἀριστοφ. Ἀποσπ. 468), Φιλόχ. 69, Λουκ. περὶ Ἀληθοῦς Ἱστ. 1. 11, κλπ. [Ἡ παραλήγουσα παρὰ ποιηταῖς ἐνίοτε μακρά, ὡς εἰ ἦν τρικέφαλλος, Δινδ. εἰς Ἀριστοφ. Ἱππ. 417· πρβλ. κυνοκέφαλος, τετρακέφαλος.]