ὀρσόλοπος
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, perh.
A eager for the fray, tempestuous, epith. of Ares, Anacr.70.
German (Pape)
[Seite 387] zum Angriff geneigt, kriegerisch, unruhig, Anacr. bei Hephaest. p. 51 (nach Einigen von ὄρνυμι u. λοπός, λόφος, mähnensträubend?). Man hat auch ὀρσοπόλος vermuthet, wie ὀρσοπολέομαι v. l. von ὀρσολοπέομαι ist.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὀρσόλοπος: -ον, ὁ εἰς μάχην ὁρμῶν, ὁρμητικός, θυελλώδης, ἐπίθ. τοῦ Ἄρεως, Ἀνακρ. 74. (Ἡ ἐτυμολογία ἄγνωστος· διότι ἡ ἐκ τοῦ ὄρσαι λόφον, ὀρθοῦν τὸν λόφον ἢ τὴν χαίτην, εἶναι βεβιασμένη).
