θνῆσις

οὐ δικαίως θάνατον ἔχθουσιν βροτοί, ὅσπερ μέγιστον ῥῦμα τῶν πολλῶν κακῶν → unjustly men hate death, which is the greatest defence against their many ills | men are not right in hating death, which is the greatest succour from our many ills

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Full diacritics: θνῆσις	Medium diacritics: θνῆσις	Low diacritics: θνήσις	Capitals: ΘΝΗΣΙΣ
Transliteration A: thnē̂sis	Transliteration B: thnēsis	Transliteration C: thnisis	Beta Code: qnh=sis

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

A mortality, in a plague, Ruf.Fr.69; πολλὴ θ. γέγονε Stud.Pal.22.338 (i A.D.); νηπίων Cat.Cod.Astr.7.126.

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θνῆσις, ἡ (ΑΜ, Μ και θνήση) θνῄσκω
θάνατος, θανατικό προερχόμενο κυρίως από λοιμό
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σφαγή, καταστροφή, αφανισμός.