φάρσος
From LSJ
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
εος, τό,
A any piece cut off or severed, portion, ( = τρύφος, κλάσμα, πτερύγιον, ἀκρωτήριον, Hsch.; part of a house, Poll.7.121); φάρσεα πόλιος the quarters of a city, Hdt.1.180; ἐν φάρσεϊ ἑκατέρῳ ib. 181, cf. 186; φ. βότρυος AP6.299 (Phan.); φ. δραχμαῖον Nic.Th.664; σχίζειν τὸ ἱμάτιον εἰς δώδεκα φ. J.AJ8.7.7. 2 = velamen, Gloss.; ῥούσιον φ., = vexillum, ibid.; φ. σκεπαστήρια protective sheets or coverings, J.AJ3.8.2; ὡραῖον τὸ φ. ἄθεσι παντοίοις ib.3.6.4; λίνεον φ. ibid.
