ὄρυξ
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)
ῠγος, ὁ (ὄρυγξ Hsch.),
A pickaxe or any sharp iron tool for digging, AP6.297 (Phan.). II a kind of gazelle or antelope, in Egypt and Libya, so called from its pointed horns, beisa, Oryx leucoryx, described as μονόκερως, Arist.HA499b20, PA663a23, cf. Callix. 2, LXX De.14.5, Ph.2.353, Plu.2.974f, Opp.C.2.446, 4.34, Ael.NA7.8. 2 ὄ. τετράκερως Indian four-horned antelope, Tetraceros quadricornis, ib.15.14 ; also an Indian gazelle, ib.13.25. III a great fish, perh. narwhal, Monodon monoceros, or a kind of whale, Str.3.2.7.
