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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

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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verb intransitive

P. and V. βομβεῖν (Sophocles, Fragment), V. θωύσσειν.

make a noise(generally): P. and V. ψοφεῖν.

substantive

P. βόμβος, ὁ.

noise(generally): P. and V. ψόφος, ὁ.