ἔγκοιλος
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)
ον,
A hollow, sunken, ὀφθαλμοί Hp.Prog.2; ἔγκοιλόν τι a sinking in of the lip, Arist.HA604a28; τὰ ἔ. τῆς γῆς Pl.Phd.111c: Comp. -ότερος deeper, LXX Le.13.30. II concave, Thphr.HP7.13.1.
German (Pape)
[Seite 708] ausgehöhlt, vertieft, Arist. H. A. 8, 24 u. Folgde, wie Ath. XI, 479 a; ὀφθαλμοί, tiefliegend, Hippocr.; τὰ ἔγκοιλα, Höhlungen, γῆς Plat. Phaed. 111 c.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἔγκοιλος: -ον, κοῖλος, βαθουλός, ὀφθαλμοὶ Ἱππ. Προγν. 37, Ἀριστ. Ἱστ. Ζ. 8. 24, 2· τὰ ἔγκοιλα τῆς γῆς Πλάτ. Φαίδων 111C.
