eversor

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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

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ēversor: ōris, m. everto,
I a subverter, destroyer.
I Prop.: Carthaginis et Numantiae, Quint. 8, 6, 30; cf.: regnorum Priami (Achilles), Verg. A. 12, 545: regnorum cometes, i. e. presaging their destruction, Sil. 8, 639.—
II Trop.: civitatis, Cic. Part. 30 fin.: hujus imperii, id. Sest. 7, 17; juris humani, Plin. 28, 1, 2, § 6: pecuniae (with interceptor), i. e. who squanders it, Cod. Th. 12, 6, 1.