πολύπλαγκτος
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, (πλάζω)
A much-wandering, wide-rouing, ληϊστῆρσι π. Od.17.425, cf. 511; of 10, A.Supp.572 (lyr.); π. ἔτεα S.Aj.1.186 (lyr.); οὐκ ἂν εἰδείης ἕτερον . . πολυπλαγκτότερον E.HF1197 (lyr.). 2 evermoving, ἰκτῖνοι (prob.l.) Thgn.1257; μέλεα Parm.16.1. 3 much-erring, πραπίδες IG14.1424 (Rome). II driving far from one's course, ἄνεμος Il.11.308 (unless in signf. 1.1).—In S.Ant.615 (lyr.) π. ἐλπίς may be either wandering, uncertain hope, or, misleading, deceitful; cf. πολυπλανής 11.
German (Pape)
[Seite 668] 1) viel od. weit umher getrieben, -irrend; Od. 17, 425. 511; Ἰώ, Aesch. Suppl. 567; Soph. Ant. 611; im compar., Eur. Herc. F. 1197; sp. D., νόστος Ὀδυσσῆος, Ep. ad. 491 (Plan. 2921; κέλευθα, Maneth. 3, 232. – 2) akt., viel in die Irre treibend, weit verschlagend; ἄνεμος, Il. 11, 308; sp. D., κεκρύφαλος, Archi. 5 (VI, 207).
