ἐπίπτυγμα
From LSJ
Ὁ 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.
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό, (ἐπιπτύσσω)
A over-fold, flap, such as covers the orifices in animals, operculum, Arist.PA679b18,HA526b29,528b7: pl., opercula, of crustaceans, Id.Resp.477a4.
German (Pape)
[Seite 973] τό, das Darübergefaltete, der Deckel, bei Arist. H. A. 4, 2 von Schaalthieren, vgl. 4, 5; Schneckengehäuse; der Schwanz des Meerkrebses, sonst ἐπικάλυμμα.
