ἐκκάμνειν

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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

Source

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also ἐκκάμνω): be weary of, tire of

Lexicon Thucydideum

prae taedio ac lassitudine desinere, to stop from weariness and fatigue, 2.51.5.