χύτρα
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)
ἡ, Ion. κύθρη Herod.Fr.3 Bgk., later Gr. κύθρα PTeb. 112.42, al. (ii B. C.), Choerob in Theod.2.146H.; Sicil. (acc. to Greg. Cor.p.341S.) κύτρα (but κύθρα is Dor. acc. to Choerob. in Theod.2.423H., and χύτρα is found in Epich.33): (χέω):—
A earthen pot, pipkin, Ar.Ach.284 (troch.), Av.43, al., X.HG4.5.4, Antiph.70, Thphr. Char.10.5, etc.; χύτρας ἴχνος ἀπὸ σποδοῦ ἀφάνιζε Pythag. ap. Iamb. Protr.21.λδ; χύτραι δίωτοι Pl.Hp.Ma.288d; τοὐπίθημα τῆς χ. ἀφελών Hegesipp.1.13; children were exposed in pots, τὸ δ' ἐσέφερε γραῦς ἐν χύτρᾳ τὸ παιδίον Ar.Th.505; cf. χυτρίζω. 2 χύτραις ἱδρύειν set up, consecrate an altar or statue with pots of pulse, τὰς χ. αἷς τὸν θεὸν (sc. Πλοῦτον) ἱδρυσόμεθα Id.Pl.1197, cf. Sch. ad loc.; Ζηνὸς ἑρκείου χύτρας, μεθ' ὧν ὁ βωμὸς . . ἱδρύθη Id.Fr.245; τί δ' ἄλλο γ' ἢ ταύτην (sc. Εἰρήνην) χύτραις ἱδρυτέον; Answ. χύτραισιν, ὥσπερ μεμφόμενον Ἑρμῄδιον; Id.Pax923, cf. Sch. 3 αἱ χύτραι the pottery-market, Id.Lys.557 (anap.), Poll.7.163. 4 prov., χύτραις λημᾶν to have swellings as big as pipkins in the corners of the eye (cf. λημᾶν κολοκύνταις), Luc.Ind.23, Diogenian.5.63, Hsch. 5 name given to black figs by Mariandyni, Pherecr.68.4. II a kiss in which one held the other by the ears as by handles (cf. Pl. l. c.), λαβοῦσα τῶν ὤτων φίλησον τὴν χύτραν Eunic.1.
