ἀπόδοσις
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)
εως, ἡ, (ἀποδίδωμι)
A giving back, restitution, return, τῶν ἵππων Hdt.4.9; τῶν χωρίων Th.5.35, Pl.R.332b; dist. from δόσις, Arist. Pr.950a37. 2 payment, IG.1.32A5, etc.; ἡ ἀ. τοῦ μισθοῦ Th.8.85; φόρου Luc.VH1.36: generally, giving, Pl.Lg.807d; rendering, i.e. performance, ἔργου Dam.Pr. 64. 3 assignment, attribution, Plot.5.1.6. II rendering by way of definition, Arist.Cat.7a8, Top.108b9, al.; definition, S.E.P.3.242, etc. 2 in a sentence, clause answering to the πρότασις, διὰ μακροῦ τὰς ἀ. λαμβάνειν D.H.Th.52,al.; cf. ἀποδίδωμι 11.2. 3 Gramm., interpretation, explanation, A.D.Synt.155.25, cf. Heliod. ap. Orib.48.70.5: generally, account, explanation, Epicur.Ep.2p.41U. (pl.), Simp.in Ph.614.13; but ψιλὴ ἀ. bare statement, Theodor. ap. Corn.Rh.p.363H. III (from Med.) sale, Poll.3.124.
