early
νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα → whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
in the morning: P. and V. ἑωθινός (Eur., Rhesus 771, and Soph., Fragment), V. ἑῷος, Ar. and P. ὄρθριος.
belonging to former times: P. and V. ἀρχαῖος, παλαιός, V. παλαίφατος, Ar. and V. παλαιγενής.
from the earliest times: P. ἐκ τοῦ ἐπὶ πλεῖστον (Thuc. 1, 2), ἐκ παλαιτάτου (Thuc. 1, 18).
earlier, former: P. and V. πρότερος.
adverb
in the morning: Ar. and P. πρῴ, ἕωθεν, ἐξ ἑωθινοῦ.
in the year: Ar. and P. πρῴ.
