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Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras 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

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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v. trans.

Dislocate: Ar. ἐκκοκκίζειν.

He has sprained his ankle: Ar. τὸ σφύρον ἐξεκόκκισε Ach. 1179).

Be sprained: P. διαστρέφεσθαι.

Have one's feet sprained: V. τοὺς πόδας σπασθῆναι (aor. pass. of σπᾶν) (Eur., Cycl. 638).

subs.

P. στρέμμα, τό, σπάσμα, τό.