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Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνονAnaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep

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Greek Monolingual

λῃστήρ και ληϊστήρ, -ῆρος, ὁ, θηλ. λῄστειρα (Α)
1. ληστής, ιδίως ο πειρατής («οἷά τε ληϊστῆρες ὑπεὶρ ἅλα, τοί τ' ἀλόωνται», Ομ. Οδ.)
2. πειρατικός («λῄστειρα ναῦς», Αιλιαν.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ληϊδ-τήρ < ληΐς, άλλος τ. του λεία) + επίθημα -τήρ].