χιαστός
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)
ή, όν,
A arranged diagonally, λίθοι Ph.Bel.94.45; of a noose (in form χιεστός) Heraclas ap. Orib. 48.3 tit.; of a bandage, Sor.Fasc.7 (in form χιεστός), Gal.18(1).819. Adv. -τῶς of an incision, PSI10.1180.47 (ii A. D.). 2 in the shape of a X, σημεῖον Eust.599.35. II esp. in Rhet. (cf. χιάζω) , χ. περίοδος Sch.Isoc.6.42, cf. Sch.Il.16.564, Porph. in Cat. 78.36.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1355] adj. verb. von χιάζω, mit einem χ bezeichnet, – gekreuzt, kreuzweise zu stellen, Sp.
