maledicax

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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)

mălĕdĭcax: (or separately, mălĕ dĭ-cax), ācis, adj. male-dicax,
I foul-mouthed, abusive, slanderous, reviling (ante- and postclass.): maledicax es, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 26. —
II Subst., a reviler, slanderer, Macr. S. 7, 3 med.>