descent
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 > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
coming down or way down: P. κατάβασις, ἡ.
declivity: P. and V. λόφος, ὁ, V. κλιτύς, ἡ.
precipice: P. and V. κρημνός, ὁ.
a descent on the coast: P. ἀπόβασις τῆς γῆς (Thuc. 1, 108).
make a descent on, v.: ἀπόβασιν ποιεῖσθαι εἰς (acc.).
lineage, subs.: P. and V. γένος, τό, γενεά, ἡ (Eur. Fragment, Plato, and Ar.), V. γένεθλον, τό, σπορά, ἡ, σπέρμα, τό.
