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Καταπορθμίας

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

Russian (Dvoretsky)

Καταπορθμίας: ου ὁ (sc. ἄνεμος) катапортмий, восточный ветер (дующий в Сицилии со стороны Мессанского пролива) Arst.