τοὔνομα
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
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
τοὔνομα: κατὰ κρᾶσιν ἀντὶ τὸ ὄνομα, οὕς κεν ἐῢ γνοίην καὶ τοὔνομα μυθησαίμην Ἰλ. Ρ. 235 (Spitzn. καί τ’ οὔνομα).
French (Bailly abrégé)
crase p. τὸ ὄνομα.
English (Autenrieth)
τὸ ὄνομα.
English (Strong)
contraction for the neuter of ὁ and ὄνομα; the name (is): named.
English (Thayer)
(by crasis for τό ὄνομα (Buttmann, 10; WH s Appendix, p. 145)), (from Homer, Iliad 3,235 down), the name; the accusative absolute (Buttmann, § 131,12; Winer s Grammar, 230 (216) cf. ὄνομα, 1) by name: Matthew 27:57.
