μελισσόφονος
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)
A apiastra, i. e. μέροψ, Gloss.
Greek Monolingual
μελισσόφονος, ὁ (Α)
το πτηνό μέροψ, ο μελισσοφάγος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < μέλισσα + -φόνος (< φόνος), πρβλ. ισό-φονος].
