ἱερόδρομος
From LSJ
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 (LSJ)
ον, A flowing in a sacred stream, ὕδωρ Epigr.Gr.835b4 (Berytus): poet. ἱρό-, running in sacred races, Philox. 15.
Greek Monolingual
ἱερόδρομος, ποιητ. τ. ἱρόδρομος, -ον (Α)
1. αυτός που τρέχει σε ιερούς αγώνες
2. (για πηγή) αυτή που τρέχει ως ιερό ρεύμα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ιερ(-ο) + -δρομος (< δρόμος), πρβλ. αμφί-δρομος, υψί-δρομος].
