φυσίζοος
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)
ον, as epith. of earth, prob.
A producing ζέα, αἶα Il.3.243, Od.11.301, Orac. ap. Hdt.1.67; γῆ Il.21.63; but reinterpreted as from ζωή (ζόη), producing life, φυσιζόου . . γένος Ζηνός prob. in A. Supp.584 (lyr., φυσίζοον cod.M); φ. ὕδωρ AP9.383.12; ἀήρ Tryph. 77, etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1318] Leben erzeugend, hervorbringend, belebend; αἶα, γῆ, Il. 3, 243. 21, 63 Od. 11, 301; γένος Aesch. Suppl. 579; Orak. bei Her. 1, 67; sp. D., πηγή Claudian. ep. (I, 19), ὕδωρ Menses Aegypt. (IX, 383).
