ὀρέστερος
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)
α, ον, poet. for ὀρεινός, epith. of a snake, Il.22.93 ; of wolves and lions, Od.10.212 ;
A ὀρεστέρα παμβῶτι γᾶ S.Ph.391 (lyr.); παρθένος E.Tr.551 (lyr.); ἀγρευτῆρες Opp.H.4.586. (Posit. Adj. formed from ὄρος (τό), opp. ἀγρότερος from ἀγρός.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 373] poet. = ὀρεινός (kein compar., wie Philoxen. beim E. M. es, von ὀρήεις, für ὀρηέστερος erklärt); Beiwort des Drachen, Il. 22, 93, der Wölfe u. der Löwen, Od. 10, 212; ὀρεστέρα παμβῶτι γᾶ, Soph. Phil. 391, Rhea; ὄρειος θήρ, Eur. Hec. 1058; λέων, Bacch. 1139; κάπροι, Or. 1460.
