κεῖρις
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)
εως, ἡ, fabulous bird, expld. by ἱέραξ or ἀλκυών, Hsch., cf. Verg.Ciris tit. κειρύλος,
A v. κηρύλος.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1412] εως, ἡ, lat. ciris, ein vom Raube lebender Meervogel, vgl. Virgil. Ciris u. Ovid. Metam. 8, 150; wohl derselbe Vogel, den Opp. Hal. 1, 129 κίῤῥις nennt.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κεῖρις: -εως, ἡ, ἁρπακτικόν τι θαλάσσιον ὄρνεον, Λατ. ciris, τοῦ ὁποίου ἡ μυθικὴ ἱστορία ὑπάρχει τῷ τοῦ Οὐεργιλίου Ciris, Ὀβιδ. Μεταμ. 8. 150· παρὰ τῷ Ὀππ. Ἁλ. 1. 129 λέγεται κιρρὶς ἀντὶ τοῦ κεῖρις.
