σκέπασμα
From LSJ
Βίων δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Bion used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Bion said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό,
A a covering, τῶν σ. ὑποπετάσματα μὲν ἄλλα, περικαλύμματα δὲ ἕτερα Pl.Plt.279d; of a cap or shoe, Id.Lg.942d; of clothing generally, Arist.Pol.1336a17; also ὄνυχες σ. τῶν ἀκρωτηρίων εἰσίν Id.PA687b24; covering membrane, Id.GA780b28; τὸ φύλλον περικαρπίου σ., in plants, Id.de An.412b2; οἰκία σ. ἐκ πλίνθων καὶ λίθων Id.Metaph.1043a32.