ἀποτροπίασμα
From LSJ
Σκηνὴ πᾶς ὁ βίος καὶ παίγνιον: ἢ μάθε παίζειν, τὴν σπουδὴν μεταθείς, ἢ φέρε τὰς ὀδύνας → All life is a stage and a play: either learn to play laying your gravity aside, or bear with life's pains.
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό, sacrifice to avert evil, Hsch.
German (Pape)
[Seite 332] τό, Sühnopfer zur Abwendung eines Uebels, Suid.
Spanish (DGE)
-ματος, τό
rito apotropaico, conjuro ἀποτροπιάσματα καὶ θυσίαι entre los egipcios, Ath.Al.Gent.24, cf. Hsch.
