smilax
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
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
smīlax: ăcis, f., = σμῖλαξ.
I Bindweed, withwind, rough smilax: Smilax aspera, Linn.; Plin. 16, 35, 63, § 153; 24, 10, 49, § 82.—Hence Smilax personified, a maiden who was changed into this herb, Ov. M. 4, 283.—
II The yew-tree, Plin. 16, 10, 20, § 51. —
III A kind of oak, Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 19.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) smīlax, ăcis (σμῖλαξ), f.,
1 if : Plin. 16, 51
2 sorte d’yeuse : Plin. 16, 19, v. ilex
3 liseron : Plin. 24, 82.
