ἀφάρκη
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)
ἡ, an evergreen tree,
A hybrid arbutus, Arbutus hybrida, Thphr.HP1.9.3, 3.3.1.
German (Pape)
[Seite 407] ἡ, ein immergrüner Baum. Theophr., philyrea angustifolia, Linn.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀφάρκη: ἡ, δένδρον τι ἀειθαλές, ἴσως τὸ κοινῶς λεγόμενον «λυγιστικόν», Θεοφρ. Ἱστ. Φυτ. 1. 9, 3.
Spanish (DGE)
-ης, ἡ
• Alolema(s): lat. apharce Plin.HN 13.121
bot. madroño híbrido, Arbutus andrachnoides Link, Thphr.HP 1.9.3, 3.3.1, 4.2, 4, Plin.l.c.
• Etimología: Etim. dud. Se ha supuesto un comp. de ἀπό y ἄρκυς ‘red’ c. el significado de ‘planta que atrapa como una red’.
