ἐγκρύπτω
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)
A hide or conceal in, δαλὸν σποδιῇ ἐνέκρυψε μελαίνῃ Od.5.488, cf. Sotad.Com.1.29; [ᾠὰ] ἐν δέρματι λαγωοῦ Arist.HA 619b15; τι εἴς τι Ev.Matt.13.33, Apollod.1.5.1 (Pass.), etc. 2 πῦρ ἐ. bank it up, Ar.Av.841. 3 Med., hide oneself, μελάθροις Nonn.D.32.285.
German (Pape)
[Seite 710] verstecken, verbergen in Etwas, δαλὸν σποδιῇ Od. 5, 488; ἐν δέρματι ἐγκρύψαι τι Arist. H. A. 9, 33; Ap. Rh. 1, 170; πῦρ ἔγκρυπτ' ἀεί Ar. Av. 841, halte es immer darin verborgen; ὥςπερ δαλὸν εἰς πολλὴν τέφραν Sotad. Ath. VII, 293 (v. 29). – Med., sich verbergen, θαλάσσῃ, im Meere, Nonn. D. 2, 74.
