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ἐρεβίνθειος

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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.

Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus
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Transliteration A: erebíntheios Transliteration B: erebintheios Transliteration C: erevintheios Beta Code: e)rebi/nqeios

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A of the ἐρέβινθος kind, Διόνυσος ἐ., proverb of any worthless article,Zen.3.83.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1022] = -θιαῖος, Διόνυσος Zenob. 3, 83, ἐπὶ τῶν μηδενὸς ἀξίων. S. ἐρεβίνθινος.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐρεβίνθειος: -ον, ἐκ τοῦ εἴδους τοῦ ἐρεβίνθου, ἐρεβίνθειος Διόνυσος: «παροιμία ἐπὶ τῶν μηδενὸς ἀξίων» Ζηνόβ. 3. 83, ἐν Παροιμιογρ. σ. 298 ἔκδ. Gaisf.

Greek Monolingual

-α, -ο (Α ἐρεβίνθειος, -ον) ερέβινθος
ο κατασκευασμένος από ρεβίθι
αρχ.
παροιμ. «ἐρεβίνθειος Διόνυσος» — λέγεται γι’ αυτούς που δεν έχουν καμιά αξία.