πέρασις
μελετᾶν οὖν χρὴ τὰ ποιοῦντα τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν, εἴπερ παρούσης μὲν αὐτῆς πάντα ἔχομεν, ἀπούσης δὲ πάντα πράττομεν εἰς τὸ ταύτην ἔχειν → one must practice the things which produce happiness, since if that is present we have everything and if it is absent we do everything in order to have it | so we must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A crossing, βίου π. a completing of life, S.OC103. 2 Pythag. name for nine, Theol.Ar.57.
German (Pape)
[Seite 563] ἡ, das Ueberfahren, Uebersetzen, Sp.; – übertr., βίου πέρ. καὶ καταστροφή, Soph. O. C. 103, der Uebergang des Lebens in den Tod, das Hinscheiden; vgl. Suid.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πέρᾱσις: ἡ, (περάω) διάβασις, βίου πέρασις, τὸ τέλος, ἡ μετάβασις ἀπὸ τῆς ζωῆς [εἰς τὸν θάνατον], Σοφ. Ο. Κ. 103. - Κατὰ Σουΐδ.: «πέρασις βίου, ἡ τελευτή».
