μῆρα
From LSJ
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)
τά, old pl. of
A μηρός 2, = μηρία, Il.1.464, al., B.Fr.3.4, Ar.Pax 1088; Ποσειδάωνι . . πόλλ' ἐπὶ μῆρ' ἔθεμεν Od.3.179.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μῆρα: τά, σπανιώτερος Ὁμηρ. τύπος ἀντὶ μηρία, οὐχὶ ἀνώμαλος πληθ. τοῦ μηρός, (ἴδε μηρίον), Ἰλ. Α. 464., Β. 427, κτλ., οὕτως Ἀριστοφ. Εἰρ. 1088, 1092.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ων (τά) :
seul. pl.
c. μηρία.
English (Autenrieth)
see μηρίον.
