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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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Russian (Dvoretsky)

λεκτά: τά λεκτός II] (у стоиков) номинальные вещи, отвлеченности (понятия вроде времени и пространства, которые, по мнению стоиков, существуют в мысли, и в слове, но не в предметной, действительности) Diog. L., Plut.