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προσέληνος

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Ζῆν οὐκ ἄξιος, ὅτῳ μηδὲ εἷς ἐστι χρηστὸς φίλοςLife is not worth living if you do not have at least one friend.

Democritus, DK 68b22
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Transliteration A: prosélēnos Transliteration B: proselēnos Transliteration C: proselinos Beta Code: prose/lhnos

English (LSJ)

ον, (σελήνη)

   A before the moon, older than the moon, a name given to the Arcadians, as priding themselves on their antiquity, Arist.Fr.591, Hippys 2, Plu. 2.282a, Sch.A.R.4.264; expld. by other Gramm.as = ὑβριστικός (cf. προυσελέω), cf. EM690.11: ὁ προυσέληνος,= ὁ Αρκάς, Call.Iamb.1.121.    II π. ἡμέραι the days before the new moon appears, Gp.1.6.2.