κυκλίσκος
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, Dim. of κύκλος,
A small circle in a diagram, Ptol.Hyp.1.9, al.; as part of an instrument, Id.Alm.1.12. 2 small round cake of wax, Dsc. 2.83; lozenge, = τροχίσκος, Hp.Mul.2.188, Gal.12.276, Lycusap. Orib.8.25.23, Aët.15.37. II ring to pass the reins through, Gal. 2.323. 2 circular opening of a coop, Ph.Bel.78.1. 3 f.l. for κοιλίσκος (q.v.). III round spot, Clytus 1.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1526] ὁ, dim. von κύκλος, kleiner Kreis, Diosc. u. a. Sp.
