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ἄσῳτος

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θάνατος οὐθὲν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἐπειδήπερ ὅταν μὲν ἡμεῖς ὦμεν, ὁ θάνατος οὐ πάρεστιν, ὅταν δὲ ὁ θάνατος παρῇ, τόθ' ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἐσμέν. → Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἄσῳτος: 1) безнадежный, погибший (οἱ ἐκθνήσκοντες Arst.);
2) пропащий, несчастный (Σισυφιδᾶν γενεά Soph.);
3) расточительный, распутный (ἄ. καὶ φιλήδονος Plut.);
4) гибельный, роковой (βορά Aesch.).