ἱππολεχής
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)
ές, A having given birth to a horse, Δηώ Orac. ap. Paus.8.42.6.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1260] ές, ein Pferd geboren habend, Orak. bei Paus. 8, 42, 4.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἱππολεχής: -ές, ἐπὶ τῆς Δῃοῦς, ἡ τεκοῦσα ἵππον, ἱππολεχοῦς Δῃοῦς κρυπτήριον ἄντρον Χρησμ. παρὰ Παυσ. 8. 42, 6.
Greek Monolingual
ἱππολεχής, -ές (Α)
(για τη Δηώ) αυτή που γέννησε ίππο.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ἱππ(ο)- + -λεχής (< λέχος), πρβλ. γη-λεχής, πρωτο-λεχής].
