μελισταγής
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)
ές,
A dropping honey, κηρίον Babr.Prooem.18. 2 sweet as dropped honey, λοιβαί A.R.2.1272; στόματα AP5.294 (Leont.); σταφυλαί Dioscorus in PLit.Lond.100D5.
German (Pape)
[Seite 124] ές, Honig träufelnd; Ap. Rh. 2, 1272; στόμα, Leont. 1 (V, 295); κρούνισμα, Ep. ad. 259 (Plan. 12); ὕδωρ, ib. (App. 161); νιφετος, Tryphiod. 119.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μελιστᾰγής: -ές, ὁ στάζων μέλι, Ἀπολλ. Ρόδ. Β. 1272, Βαβρ. προοίμ. 18, Ἀνθ. Π. 5. 295, κτλ.˙ - μελίστακτος, ον, Ἀνθ. Π. 4. 1, 33.
