ξυλοσπόγγιον
From LSJ
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)
τό,
A sponge on a stick, Hippiatr.69,100.
German (Pape)
[Seite 281] τό, dim. zum Folgdn, Sp.
Greek Monolingual
ξυλοσπόγγιον, τὁ, ἡ ξυλόσπογγος, ὁ (Α)
σπόγγος δεμένος στο άκρο ξύλου.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ξυλον + σπογγίον.
