αἱμακουρία

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μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.

Source

French (Bailly abrégé)

v. αἱμακορία.

English (Slater)

αἱμακουρία
   1 funeral sacrifice νῦν δ' ἐν αἱμακουρίαις ἀγλααῖσι μέμικται, Ἀλφεοῦ πόρῳ κλιθεὶς τύμβον ἀμφίπολον ἔχων πολυξενωτάτῳ παρὰ βωμῷ (sc. Πέλοψ. Βοιωτικὴ ἡ φωνή. Βοιωτοὶ γὰρ αἱμακουρίας τὰ τῶν νεκρῶν ἐναγίσματα λέγουσιν. Σ.) (O. 1.90)