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πολυωπής

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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: polyōpḗs Transliteration B: polyōpēs Transliteration C: polyopis Beta Code: poluwph/s

English (LSJ)

ές, (ὀπή)

   A with many holes or meshes, λίνον AP6.27 (Theaet.); ὀθόνης κόλπος Nic. Al.323; πολυωπέες ὄμπναι, i.e. honeycombs, ib.450:—late poet. fem. πολυωπέτις, ιδος, Max.584.    II (ὤψ) many-eyed, ποιμένα τοῦ Ἄργου -έστερον Eun.Hist.p.266 D.