calamity

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Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνονAnaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep

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substantive

P. and V. συμφορά, ἡ, κακόν, τό, πάθος, τό, πάθημα, τό, σφάλμα, τό, P. ἀτύχημα, τό, ἀτυχία, ἡ, δυστύχημα, τό, δυστυχία, ἡ, πταῖσμα, τό; see misfortune.