ἐπαγρύπνησις

διώκει παῖς ποτανὸν ὄρνιν → a boy chases a bird on the wing, vain pursuit

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Full diacritics: ἐπαγρύπνησις	Medium diacritics: ἐπαγρύπνησις	Low diacritics: επαγρύπνησις	Capitals: ΕΠΑΓΡΥΠΝΗΣΙΣ
Transliteration A: epagrýpnēsis	Transliteration B: epagrypnēsis	Transliteration C: epagrypnisis	Beta Code: e)pagru/pnhsis

English (LSJ)

-εως, ἡ, watching for, ibid.; εἴς τι Aristeas 167; watchfulness, Phld.Lib.p.7 O.

[Seite 893] ἡ, das Auflauern, Aristaen. 1, 27.

ἐπαγρύπνησις: -εως, ἡ, τὸ ἐπαγρυπνεῖν, Ἀρισταίν. 1. 27· ὡσαύτως ἐπαγρυπνία, Ἰαμβλ. Βίος Πυθαγ. 3 (13).