ὑπέκκαυμα
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)
ατος, τό,
A combustible matter, fuel, X.Cyr.7.5.22, Arist.Resp.473a5, Mete.341b19, al.: metaph. of food, as supplying animal heat, Hp.Aph.1.14, Plu.2.694f, Aët.9.19. b the supposed Sphere of Fire surrounding the atmosphere, Simp. in Cael.20.26, al. (quoting Arist.Mete. l.c.). 2 metaph., provocative, incentive, ἔρωτος X.Smp.4.25; πολλοῖς ὑ. ἔστ' ἔρωτος μουσική Men.237, cf. Phld.Mus.p.80 K.; ὑ. τῆς νόσου Arist. Pr.859b19; πόθου καὶ χάριτος Plu.Lyc.15.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1185] τό, womit man Etwas anzündet, Zunder; ἄσφαλτος Xen. Cyr. 7, 5, 22; τῆς φλογός Plut. Alex. 35. – Uebertr., Reizmittel, ἔρωτος Xen. Conv. 4, 25; λείψανον καὶ ὑπέκκαυμα πόθου Plut. Lyc. 15; τῆς ἀρετῆς Agesil. 5; consol. ad ux. 7 sec. Epic. 4 u. öfter; vgl. Jae. Ach. Tat. p. 424. 498.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὑπέκκαυμα: τό, ὕλη καύσιμος, ξύλα, Ξεν. Κύρ. Παιδ. 7. 5, 22, Ἀριστ. Πολ. 6. 1, Μετεωρ. 1. 4, 4, κ. ἀλλ.· ― μεταφορ., ἐπὶ τῆς τροφῆς ὡς παρεχούσης ζωϊκὴν θερμότητα, Ἱππ. Ἀφ. 1243, πρβλ. Πλούτ. 2. 694F. 2) μεταφορ., τὸ παρακινοῦν, προτρέπον τινὰ εἴς τι, ἐλατήριον, Λατ. fomes, ἔρωτος Ξεν. Συμπ. 4. 25· πολλοῖς ὑπέκκαυμ’ ἔστ’ ἔρωτος μουσικὴ Μένανδρ. ἐν «Θησαυρῷ» 2· ὑπ. τῆς νόσου Ἀριστ. Προβλ. 1. 7· πόθου καὶ χάριτος Πλουτ. Λυκοῦργ. 15.
