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ἀνώλεθρος

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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque
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Transliteration A: anṓlethros Transliteration B: anōlethros Transliteration C: anolethros Beta Code: a)nw/leqros

English (LSJ)

ον, (ὄλεθρος)

   A indestructible, Parm.8.3; ἀθάνατος καὶ ἀ. Anaximand.15, Pl.Phd.88b,95b, Arist.Mu.396a31, Ocell.1.2; of roots, Thphr.HP3.12.2.    II Act., not deadly, harmless, ὄφεις Paus.10.17.12; of symptoms, not fatal, Aret.SD1.5.

German (Pape)

[Seite 268] (s. ἀνόλεθρος), dem Verderben, Untergang nicht unterworfen, Plat. öfter, neben ἀθάνατος Phaed. 88 b; Sp. – Bei Paus. 10, 17, 6 sind ὄφεις ἀν., deren Biß nicht tödtlich ist.