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λυχνοστάτης

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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

Greek Monolingual

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στήριγμα λύχνου ή λυχνίας.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < λύχνος + -στάτης (< συνεσταλμένη βαθμίδα στα-, πρβλ. -στα-μεν, στά-σις, του ἵστημι), πρβλ. θερμο-στάτης, παρα-στάτης].