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ἄφολκος

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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: ápholkos Transliteration B: apholkos Transliteration C: afolkos Beta Code: a)/folkos

English (LSJ)

ον, (ὁλκή)    A not having weight, δραχμῇ ἀφολκότερον too light by a drachm, Str.15.3.22.

German (Pape)

[Seite 413] weniger wiegend, δραχμῇ ἀφολκότερον εἶναι, eine Drachme leichter, Strab. XV, 3 p. 735.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἄφολκος: -ον, (ὁλκὴ) λιποβαρής, ἔχων ὁλιγότερον βάρος, δραχμῇ ἀφολκότερον, κατὰ μίαν δραχμὴν ἐλαφρότερον, Στράβων 735.

Spanish (DGE)

-ον
que no pesa ὕδωρ ... πάντων ἐλαφρότατον, ὥστ' ἐν Ἀττικῇ κοτύλῃ δραχμῇ ἀφολκότερον εἶναι Str.15.3.22.

Greek Monolingual

ἄφολκος, -ον (Α)
λιποβαρής, ελαφρός.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < αφ- (< απο-) + ολκός, ομηχανή με την οποία σύρονταν πλοία στην ξηρά, κυματισμός, βάρος») < έλκω].