accubitus

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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

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

accŭbĭtus: ūs, m., = accubitio.
I A reclining at table, Stat. Ach. 1, 110 (quoted by Prisc. 863 P.); id. Theb. 1, 714; and perh. also Varr. ap. Isid. Orig. 20, 11, 19.—
II Per meton., a couch, Vulg. Cant. 1, 11; a place on a couch, ib. Luc. 14, 7.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

accŭbĭtŭs, ūs, m.
1 = accubitio : Stat. Th. 1, 714 ; Ach. 1, 109
2 lit de table : Isid. Orig. 15, 3, 8.