μαρίλη
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)
ἡ,
A embers of charcoal, coal-dust (= ἡ ἐξ ἀνθράκων τέφρα Sch.Ar.Ach.349; = ἀμαυρὸν πῦρ, ὁ χνοῦς καὶ τὸ λεπτότατον τῶν ἀνθράκων, Suid.), Hippon.59, Cratin.257, Com.Adesp.443; μ. ἀνθράκων Hippon.71, cf.Ar.Ach.350: distd. from ἄνθρακες (charcoal) and σποδιή (ashes) by Hp.Mul.2.133; hot embers, Ruf. ap. Orib.4.2.20; λεπτῆς μ. Arist.Pr.967b5; χαλκεὺς γέμων κάπνου καὶ μαρίλης Jul.Or.7.233b: hence, ὦ Μᾰρῑλάδη O son of Coaldust! comic name of an Acharnian collier, Ar.Ach.609.
