ἕλξις
Ὁ 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.
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, (ἕλκω)
A dragging, trailing, τὰς Ἕκτορος ἕλξεις Pl.R. 391b; ἱματίων ἕλξεις Id.Alc.1.122c. 2 attraction, attractive power, Id.Ti.80c, Hp.Gland.7; ἕλξει ἐκ γῆς ἀναδίδοται τὰ σπέρματα Porph. Gaur.3.3. 3 drawing of the bow, ἀπὸ τῆς χειρός Hero Bel.75.10, cf. Philostr.Her.11. 4 retching, Hp.Coac.55.
German (Pape)
[Seite 802] ἡ, das Ziehen; Anziehen des Bernsteins, Plat. Tim. 80 c; Fortschleppen, Ἕκτορος, den Achilles am Wagen schleifte, Rep. III, 391 e; ἱματίων, Schleppen, Alc. I, 122 c; τόξων, Spannen, Philostr.
