γεῖσος
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
English (LSJ)
ους, τό, - foreg., LXX Ez.43.17: pl., γείση BCH35.76 (ii B. C.); dat. pl. γείσεσι OGI483.127 (Pergam., ii B. C.):—also γεῖσος, ὁ, Gloss. (Carian word, acc. to St.Byz. s.v. Μονόγισσα.)
Spanish (DGE)
-εος, τό
• Grafía: frec. cód. -σσ-
arq.
1 sg. cornisa γ. κυκλόθεν κυκλούμενον αὐτῷ (ἱλαστήριον) LXX Ez.43.17, γ. ἐπ' αὐτοῖς (στύλοις) χαλκοῦν LXX Ie.52.22.
2 plu. piedras que componen una cornisa, ID 400.40 (II a.C.), Didyma 35.16 (II a.C.), 264.10 (I a.C.), MAMA 8.498.20 (Afrodisias), γείσεσιν λιθίνοις SEG 13.521.139 (Pérgamo II a.C.), γείση· ἐκθέματα Hsch.
