αἰγόλεθρος
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)
ὁ, goat's-bane, Rhododendron ponticum, Antig.Mir. 17, Plin.HN21.74.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
αἰγόλεθρος: ὁ ὀλέθριος εἰς τὰς αἶγας· ἴσως τὸ azalea pontica, δηλητηριῶδες φυτόν, Ἀντιγ. Καρ. σ. 30, Πλίν. Η. Ν. 21. 13.
German (Pape)
ὁ, Ziegenpest, ein den Ziegen tödliches Kraut, Plin. H.N. 21.13.
