νιφετώδης

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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

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Transliteration A: niphetṓdēs Transliteration B: niphetōdēs Transliteration C: nifetodis Beta Code: nifetw/dhs

English (LSJ)

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   A snowy, [ἄνεμος] Arist. Mete.364b21; ἡμέρα, νύξ, Plb.3.72.3, Plu.Crass.10; ἀέρες Str.4.5.2.