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From LSJ
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
English (LSJ)
A to be or taste bitter, Str.11.2.17, Archig. ap. Orib.8.1.37 ; π. ἐν τῇ γεύσει Dsc.1.20.
German (Pape)
[Seite 614] bitter sein, werden, bitter schmecken, Strab., Clem. Al.