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μεταπέτομαι

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Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep

Gnomologium Vaticanum, 446

French (Bailly abrégé)

f. μεταπτήσομαι;
s’envoler ailleurs.
Étymologie: μετά, πέτομαι.