πυκτίς
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), ίδος, ἡ, as if πτυκτίς,
A picture, AP9.346 (Leon. Alex.). II parchment codex, Gal.12.423.
πυκτίς (B), ίδος, prob. ἡ, an unknown animal, perhaps the
A badger, v.l. in Ar.Ach.879 (sed leg. πικτίδας).
German (Pape)
[Seite 817] wahrscheinlich ἡ, ein sonst unbekanntes Thier bei Ar. Ach. 844, vielleicht der Biber; v. l. ist πικτίς, welche Dind. vorzieht. ἡ, = πυκτίον, Schreibtafel, γραπτή, Archi. 26 (IX, 346).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πυκτίς: -ίδος, ἡ, = πυκτίον, πινακὶς πρὸς γραφήν, Ἀνθ. Π. 9. 346, Γαλην., κτλ.
