period

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Καλὸν τὸ γηρᾶν καὶ τὸ μὴ γηρᾶν πάλιν → Res pulchra senium, pulchra non senescere → Schön ist das Altsein, doch nicht alt sein wieder auch

Menander, Monostichoi, 283

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

P. περίοδος χρόνου (Plato, Phaedo, 107E).

time: P. and V. καιρός, ὁ, χρόνος, ὁ.

cycle: P. and V. κύκλος, ὁ.

end: P. and V. τέλος, τό, τελευτή, ἡ, πέρας, τό.

sentence (grammatically): P. ῥῆμα, τό.

this period (of history) was omitted by all my predecessors: P. τοῖς πρὸ ἐμοῦ ἅπασιν ἐκλιπὲς τοῦτο ἦν τὸ χωρίον (Thuc. 1. 97).