ἄλησις

κρεῖττον τὸ μὴ ζῆν ἐστιν ἢ ζῆν ἀθλίως → death is better than a life of misery, it is better not to live at all than to live in misery

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Full diacritics: ἄλησις	Medium diacritics: ἄλησις	Low diacritics: άλησις	Capitals: ΑΛΗΣΙΣ
Transliteration A: álēsis	Transliteration B: alēsis	Transliteration C: alisis	Beta Code: a)/lhsis

English (LSJ)

-εως, ἡ, (ἀλάομαι)
A = ἄλη, of the course of the sun, Arat. 319.
II (ἀλέω A) grinding, Gp.9.19.7.

-ιος, ἡ
• Prosodia: [ᾰ-]
curso, carrera ἡλίοιο Arat.319. < ἄλησις ἀλησμόνητος > ἄλησις, -εως, ἡ
molienda, Gp.9.19.7.

[Seite 95] ἡ, = ἄλη, Umlauf der Sonne, Arat. 318. – Bei Geopon. das Mahlen.

ἄλησις: -εως, ἡ (ἀλάομαι), = ἄλη, περὶ τῆς τροχιᾶς τοῦ ἡλίου. Ἄρατ. 319. ΙΙ. (ἀλέω) = τὸ ἀλήθειν, Achmes Ὀνειρ. 194, Γεωπ. 9.19· πρβλ. ἄλεσις.

(I)
ἄλησις (-εως), ο (Α) ἀλῶμαι
περιπλάνηση, περιφορά (του ήλιου).
(II)
ἄλησις (-εως), η (Α) ἀλῶ
άλεση, άλεσμα.