ἀπαρχαί

From LSJ

ὃν οἱ θεοὶ φιλοῦσιν ἀποθνήσκει νέος → he whom the gods love dies young, only the good die young

Source

English (Woodhouse)

(see also: ἀπαρχή) first fruits

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Lexicon Thucydideum

primitiae, first fruits, 3.58.2, [singul. singular ἀπαρχή vulgo commonly 6.20.4, ubi nunc where now ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς, cf. Popp. adn. compare Poppo's note]