Theophrastus

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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

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Thĕophrastus: i, m., = Θεόφραστος,>
I a Greek philosopher of Eressus, a disciple of Plato and Aristotle, Cic. Or. 19, 62; id. Brut. 31, 121; id. Tusc. 3, 28, 69; id. Att. 2, 16, 3.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Thĕophrastus,¹³ ī, m. (Θεόφραστος), Théophraste philosophe grec] : Cic. Or. 62 ; Br. 121 ; Att. 2, 16, 3.

Latin > German (Georges)

Theophrastus, ī, m. (Θεόφραστος), ein berühmter griech. Philosoph aus der Stadt Eresos auf Lesbos, Schüler des Plato u. Aristoteles, ausgezeichnet durch Beredsamkeit, von dessen Schriften am meisten die Charaktere und die Pflanzenkunde bekannt sind, Varro r.r. 1, 1, 8 u.a. Cic. de or. 62; de fin. 1, 14 u.a. Sen. nat. qu. 3, 11, 2 sq. u.a.