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ἀκανθολογία

From LSJ

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

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀκανθολογία: συλλογὴ ἀκανθῶν, δηλ. τὸ συλλέγειν ἀκάνθας, Γρηγ. Νύσσ. τόμ. Α΄, σ. 806.

Spanish (DGE)

-ας, ἡ
fig. recogida, cosecha de espinas ἐπίπονος ἡ ἀ. τοῖς ἀκανθώδη σπέρματα καταβαλλομένοις τῷ βίῳ Gr.Nyss.Beat.131.6.