αὐξίς
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)
ίδος, ἡ, Byz. for κορδύλη or σκορδύλη,
A young of the tunny, Phryn.Com.56, Arist.HA571a17, Nic.Al.469.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
αὐξίς: ἰδος, ἡ, «αὐξίς, εἶδος θυννίδος, ἥν τινες κορδύλην λέγουσι, Φρύνιχος Τραγῳδοῖς» 7, Α. Β. 464. 5· ὅταν γὰρ τέκωσιν οἱ ἱχθύες ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ, γίγνονται ἐκ τοῦ ᾠοῦ ἂς καλοῦσιν οἱ μὲν σκορδύλας, Βυζάντινοι δὲ αὐξίδας διὰ τὰ ἐν ὀλίγαις αὐξάνεσθαι ἡμέραις Ἀριστ. Ἱστ. Ζ. 6. 17, 13, Νικ. Ἀλεξιφ. 469. Ἡ γραφὴ αὔξις, ιδος, εἶναι ἡμαρτημένη.
