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πολυβλέπων

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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: πολῠβλέπων Medium diacritics: πολυβλέπων Low diacritics: πολυβλέπων Capitals: ΠΟΛΥΒΛΕΠΩΝ
Transliteration A: polyblépōn Transliteration B: polyblepōn Transliteration C: polyvlepon Beta Code: poluble/pwn

English (LSJ)

οντος, blind (by euphemism), PLond.1821.269.

Greek Monolingual

-οντος, ὁ, Α
1. αυτός που βλέπει πολύ
2. (κατ' ευφ.) τυφλόςκαθάπερ γὰρ τοὺς τυφλοὺς καλοῦσιν oἱ πολλοὶ πολυβλέποντας», Ιωάνν. Χρυσ.)
5. πολύβλεπτος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πολυ- + βλέπων, μτχ. του βλέπω (πρβλ. κατωβλέπων)].