ἐκεῖθι
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)
and κεῖθι (the only form used by Hom. exc. Od.17.10, also by Trag. where metre requires), Aeol. κῆθι Sapph.Supp.25.18 (prob.) : Dor. τηνόθι Theoc.8.44 : poet. for ἐκεῖ, Il.3.402, Od.17.10 : in late Prose,
A οἱ ἐκεῖθι Ael.NA6.15 ; κεῖθι Alciphr.3.53, Them.Or.4.57a. II = ἐκεῖσε, κεῖθι μολών Hes.Fr.134.10, cf. Musae.23, Opp. H.4.274, dub. in A.Th.809.
German (Pape)
[Seite 758] dort, = ἐκεῖ, Od. 17, 10 u. sp. D.; auch Her. 1, 182; bei Aesch. Spt. 792, ἐκεῖθι κἦλθον, = ἐκεῖσε; vgl. Opp. H. 4, 274. S. κεῖθι.
