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Otter

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

German > Latin

Otter, aspis. vipera (vgl. »Natter«). – von der O., Otter-, Ottern-, viperinus. – Otterngezücht, omne serpentium genus. – übtr, v. Menschen, serpentina proles; homines, qui omne serpentium genus dolo superant; viperae illae venenatae ac pestiferae.