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Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep

Gnomologium Vaticanum, 446
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Full diacritics: ἔρα Medium diacritics: ἔρα Low diacritics: έρα Capitals: ΕΡΑ
Transliteration A: éra Transliteration B: era Transliteration C: era Beta Code: e)/ra

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A earth, Erot.s.v. ἕρπει, Sch.Il.Oxy.221x28, EM369.24 Hsch. (also expld. as, = κοιλία), cf. Str.16.4.27:—Adv. ἔραζε, Dor. ἔρασδε, to earth, κατὰ δὲ πτερὰ χεῦεν ἔραζε Od.15.527 ; ἀπὸ δ' εἴδατα χεῦεν ἔ. 22.85, cf. Hes.Op.421,473 ; so νιφάδες δ' ὡς πῖπτον ἔ. Il.12.156 ; οὑμὸς δὲ πότμος..κυρῶν ἄνω ἔ. πίπτει A.Fr.159 ; ὄρπακες βραβύλοισι καταβρίθοντες ἔρασδε Theoc.7.146 ; on the ground, θάλλειν Mosch.2.66.