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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

η / στοίβας, -άδος, ΝΑ
νεοελλ.
1. στοίβα
2. στρώμα, στιβάδα
αρχ.
κλαδιά ή φύλλα δένδρων για στρώσιμο («ἄλλοι δὲ στοιβάδας ἔκοπτον ἐκ τῶν δένδρων καὶ ἐστρώννυον εἰς τὴν ὁδόν», ΚΔ).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < στοιβή + κατάλ. -άς, -άδος (πρβλ. στιβ-άς)].