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Headword:
*)akari/dios
Adler number: alpha,803
Translated headword: momentary
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] very short.
"Human life [is] momentary and after a short time we are all laid out [sc. as corpses]."[1]
Greek Original:*)akari/dios: o( braxu/tatos. a)kari/dios o( a)nqrw/pinos bi/os kai\ met' o)li/gon pa/ntes e)ceta/qhmen.
Notes:
cf. generally
alpha 800,
alpha 801,
alpha 802.
[1] Marcus Aurelius,
Meditations 11.18.3 (where the adjective used is in fact
a)kariai=os, for which see
alpha 804; the
a)kari/dios version is confined to lexicography).
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 6 November 2000@21:37:25.
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