ἐκφθίνω
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)
in Hom. only in 3 plpf. Pass., νηῶν ἐξέφθιτο οἶνος the wine
A had all been consumed out of the ships, Od.9.163; νηὸς ἐξέφθιτο ἤϊα πάντα 12.329; ἐξέφθινται they have utterly perished, A.Pers.679 (lyr.), 927 (anap.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 785] (s. φθίνω), nur im aor. sync. ἐξεφθίμην, gänzlich vernichtet werden; νηῶν οἶνος, war aus den Schiffen aufgezehrt, Od. 9, 163. 12, 329; ἐξέφθινθ' αἱ νᾶες Aesch. Pers. 679; ἄνδρες 891; sp. D., wie Nic. Th. 331.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐκφθίνω: παρ᾿ Ὁμ. μόνον ἐν τῷ γʹ ἑνικῷ τοῦ παθ. ὑπερσ. ἐξέφθιτο, οὐ γάρ πω νηῶν ἐξέφθιτο οἶνος ἐρυθρός, «ἐδεδαπάνητο, ἀνήλωτο» (Σχόλ.), Ὀδ. Ι. 163· νηὸς ἐξέφθιτο ἤϊα Μ. 329· ἐξέφθινται, ὅλως κατεστράφησαν, ἔχουσιν ἀφανισθῆ, Αἰσχύλ. Πέρσ. 679. 927.
