ἐπιτρίβω
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)
[τρῑ], fut.
A -ψω Hsch.: pf. -τετρῐφα Ar.Lys.952 : aor. 2 Pass. ἐπετρίβην [ῐ] Id.Th.557, al.: fut. Med. in pass. sense, Luc.Icar. 33 (v.l. ἐπιτετρίψονται, as in Ar.Pax246) : —rub on the surface, crush, κἄπνιγε κἀπέτριβεν v.l. in Id.Nu.1376, cf. Ra.571:—Pass., τυπτόμενον ἐπιτριβῆναι Id.Nu.1408 ; ἐπιτριβόμενος τὸν ὦμον galled by the weight, Id.Ra.88. 2 metaph., afflict, destroy, [ἥλιος] καίων ἐ. τούς τε ἀνθρώπους καὶ τὴν χώρην Hdt.4.184 ; γάμον ὅς μ' ἐπέτριψεν Ar.Nu. 438, cf. 243 ; ταῦτά με ἐ. πόθῳ Id.Lys.888 ; ὀδύναις τινὰ ἐ. X.Mem.1.3.12 ; ἐ. τοὺς ἀπόρους D.18.104 ; opp. σῴζειν, Men.Epit.550 ; of an actor, murder a part, D.18.180 ; ἐ. Μένανδρον Plu.2.531b:—Pass., to be utterly destroyed or undone, Sol.33.7, Ar.Ach.1022, Pax246,369 ; ἐπιτριβείης damn you ! Id.Av.1530, Th.557 ; ἐπιτριβείην εἴ τι ἐψευσάμην Luc.DMeretr.2.3 ; to be worried, Phld.Ir.p.27 W ; to be burdened, POxy.1252v32 (iii A.D.), etc. 3 c. dat., waste time over, στοχαστικοῖς Gal.15.172. II Med., rub paint on one's cheeks, of women, Phryn.PSp.71 B.(cod.), cf. Sch.Ar.Th.396 (Act.). III inflame by friction, ἐ. τὴν νόσον aggravate it, App.BC5.59, cf. Gal.19.680 ; irritate, excite, τινά Plb.4.84.8 ; τινὰ ἐς πόλεμον App.Mac.11.7, cf. PSI5.452.15 (iv A.D.).
