ὄνιννος
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)
ὁ, parasite found in sea-weed, perh.
A millepede, Thphr.HP 4.6.8 codd.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: name of a parasite in seaweed, kind of millepede (Thphr. HP 4, 6, 8).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: After Strömberg Wortstudien 11 f. to be analysed as ὄν-ιννος, from ὄνος and ἴννος (s. dd.); most improbable. Most prob. a Pre-Greek word (not in Furnée).
Frisk Etymology German
ὄνιννος: {óninnos}
Grammar: m.
Meaning: Bez. eines Schmarotzers im Meertang, ‘Art Tausend- füßer’ (Thphr. HP 4, 6, 8).
Etymology : Nach Strömberg Wortstudien 11 f. in ὄνιννος, von ὄνος und ἴννος (s. dd.), zu zerlegen.
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