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ἅλκη

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)

ἅλκη: ἡ, εἶδος ἐλάφου, ἐχούσης πλατέα καὶ μεγάλα κέρατα, Παυσ. 5. 12., 1. (Πρβλ. Σανσκρ. ri←as, ri←yas (εἶδος δορκάδος), Λατ. alces, Παλαιογερμ. elaho, Ἀγγλοσαξον. elch, Ἀγγλ. elk).