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Klaue

From LSJ

Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep

Gnomologium Vaticanum, 446

German > Latin

Klaue, I) = Huf: ungula. – II) = Kralle oder krallenartige Zehe der Raubv ögel und Raubtiere: unguis. – falcula unguis mucro (die Kralle inder Klaue). – Bildl., in jmds. Klauen geraten, in manus alcis venire: etwas jmds. Klauen entreißen, alqd ex manibus od. ex faucibus od. velut ex faucibus alcis eripere.