εχιδνοφαγία

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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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Greek Monolingual

ἐχιδνοφαγία, ἡ (Α)
το να τρώει κάποιος έχιδνες.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < έχιδνα + -φαγία (< -φαγος < θ. φαγ- του αορ. β' έ-φαγ-ον του ρ. εσθίω), πρβλ. αερο-φαγία, πολυ-φαγία].