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ἐπίκαρ

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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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Full diacritics: ἐπίκᾰρ Medium diacritics: ἐπίκαρ Low diacritics: επίκαρ Capitals: ΕΠΙΚΑΡ
Transliteration A: epíkar Transliteration B: epikar Transliteration C: epikar Beta Code: e)pi/kar

English (LSJ)

Adv. A head-foremost, better divisim ἐπὶ κάρ, v. κάρ 11.

German (Pape)

[Seite 945] auf dem Kopfe, kopfüber, vgl. ἀνάκαρ, Il. 16, 392, richtiger getrennt geschr.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐπίκᾰρ: Ἐπίρρ., ἐπὶ κεφαλήν, εἰς τὸ κάταντες, ἀλλὰ κάλλιον διῃρημένως, ἐπὶ κάρ. ἴδε κὰρ Π. Ἡσύχ.

English (Autenrieth)

see κάρ.

Greek Monolingual

ἐπίκαρ και ἐπὶ κὰρ (Α)
επίρρ. πάνω στο κεφάλι, κατακέφαλα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < επί + καρ «κεφάλι»].

Greek Monotonic

ἐπίκᾰρ: επίρρ., στο κεφάλι, βλ. κάρ II.

Middle Liddell

head-foremost, v. κάρ II.