μητροφόνος

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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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Transliteration A: mētrophónos Transliteration B: mētrophonos Transliteration C: mitrofonos Beta Code: mhtrofo/nos

English (LSJ)

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   A murdering one's mother, ἀντίποιν' ὡς τίνῃς ματροφόνου δύας (Casaub. for μητροφόνας) A.Eu.268 (lyr.).    2 as Subst., matricide, ib.257 (lyr.).    II slayer of a mother, Nonn.D.43.147, al.