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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: πόρδων Medium diacritics: πόρδων Low diacritics: πόρδων Capitals: ΠΟΡΔΩΝ
Transliteration A: pórdōn Transliteration B: pordōn Transliteration C: pordon Beta Code: po/rdwn

English (LSJ)

ωνος, ὁ, (πορδή) stinker, nickname of Cynics, Arr.Epict.3.22.80.

German (Pape)

[Seite 682] ωνος, ὁ, Farzer, Spottname der gemeinen, unfläthigen Cyniker, Arr. Epict. 3, 22, 80.

Greek Monolingual

-ωνος, ὁ, Α
1. αυτός που κλάνει συχνά
2. βδελυρός, σιχαμερός.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πορδή + επίθημα -ων (πρβλ. γάστρων, στράβων)].