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ψεφηνός

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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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Transliteration A: psephēnós Transliteration B: psephēnos Transliteration C: psefinos Beta Code: yefhno/s

English (LSJ)

ή, όν,

   A dark, obscure, metaph. of a person, Pi.N.3.41 codd. (-εινός Bgk., -εννός Pors.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 1396] duukel, finster; unbekannt, niedrig, Pind. N. 3, 39 ἀνήρ.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ψεφηνός: -ή, -όν, σκοτεινός, ἀμαυρός, ἀμυδρός, μεταφορ., ἐπὶ προσώπου, Πινδ. Ν. 3. 71.