ὑπόγειος
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)
also ὑπόγαιος, ον, (γῆ)
A underground, subterraneous, οἴκημα ὑπόγαιον Hdt.2.100,148 (vv.ll. -γεον, -γεα) ὀρύγματα ὑπόγαια mines, Id.4.200 (v.l. -γεα) ; ὑπογαίου (v.l. -γείου) βροντῆς A. Fr.57.10 (anap.); ὑπόγειον ὕδωρ Gp.2.6.33; ὑ. οἶνος stored in a cellar, Gal.19.95. II ὑπόγειον or -γαιον, τό, an underground chamber, Plu.2.770e, Hdn.1.15.6. III Astron., under the earth, Man.3.27, Gp.1.7.1; [ἄστρα] τὴν ὑ. φορὰν ἐνεχθέντα Placit.1.6.8: τὸ ὑ. the nadir, Vett.Val.75.24.—The form ὑπόγεως, ων, cited in Hdn.Epim.208 and Suid., occurs in codd. of Paus.2.2.1, 2.36.7; cf. ὑπογάιδιον.
