λυσσάω
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)
Att. λυττάω, Ep. part.
A λυσσώων Man.1.244, AP5.265 (Paul. Sil.):—to be raging in battle, Hdt.9.71; cf. λύσσα init. 2 rave, be mad, S.OT1258, Ant.492, Pl.R.329c, Epicur.Sent.Vat.11, Man., APll.cc., etc.; λ. πρὸς μεῖξιν Ps.-Phoc.214; ἔρωτες λυττῶντες Pl.R.586c: c. inf., desire madly to do, Hld.2.20. II of dogs, suffer from rabies, Ar.Lys. 298, Arist.HA604a6; of wolves, Theoc.4.11; of horses, Arist.HA 604b13. III causal, make mad, κἂν λελυσσήκῃ τινά (sc. τὰ δήγματα) Damocr. ap. Gal.13.821. (Hsch. has λύσσεται· μαίνεται.)
