σπάλαξ
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 (LSJ)
[σπᾰ], ᾰκος, ἡ, also ἀσπάλαξ (q.v.),
A blind-rat, Spalax typhlus, Arist.de An.425a11, LXX Le.11.30; masc.in Ael.NA11.37:— also written σφάλαξ, Paus.7.24.11. II ἵππων εἶδος οἱ σ. (perh. mole-coloured), Hsch.: cf. σπαλακός. III meadow-saffron, Colchicum parnassicum, Thphr.HP1.6.11 (s.v.l.).
