Ἀκαρίδιος

momentary

Translated by Jennifer Benedict · 6 Nov 2000 · Vetting: high · 5 revisions

Translation

[Meaning] very short.
"Human life [is] momentary and after a short time we are all laid out [sc. as corpses]."¹

Ἀκαρίδιος· ὁ βραχύτατος. ἀκαρίδιος ὁ ἀνθρώπινος βίος καὶ μετ' ὀλίγον πάντες ἐξετάθημεν.

Betacode

*)akari/dios: o( braxu/tatos. a)kari/dios o( a)nqrw/pinos bi/os kai\ met' o)li/gon pa/ntes e)ceta/qhmen.

cf. generally alpha 800, alpha 801, alpha 802.
1Marcus 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).

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momentary

Translated by Jennifer Benedict · 6 Nov 2000 · Vetting: high · 5 revisions

[Meaning] very short.
"Human life [is] momentary and after a short time we are all laid out [sc. as corpses]."¹

Ἀκαρίδιος· ὁ βραχύτατος. ἀκαρίδιος ὁ ἀνθρώπινος βίος καὶ μετ' ὀλίγον πάντες ἐξετάθημεν.

Betacode

*)akari/dios: o( braxu/tatos. a)kari/dios o( a)nqrw/pinos bi/os kai\ met' o)li/gon pa/ntes e)ceta/qhmen.

cf. generally alpha 800, alpha 801, alpha 802.
1Marcus 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).

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