Ἀριμασποί
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
English (LSJ)
οἱ, Scythian word, meaning
A one-eyed, derived by Hdt. 4.27 from ἄριμα = ἕν, σποῦ = ὀφθαλμός; by Eust.ad D.P.31 from ἀρί = ἕν, μασπός = ὀφθαλμός : Ἀ. ἱπποβάμων A.Pr.805.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Ἀριμασποί: οἱ, Σκυθικὴ λέξις σημαίνουσα οἱ «μονόφθαλμοι» κατὰ τὸν Ἡρόδ. 4. 27, ὅστις λέγει ὅτι ἄρισμα = ἓν καὶ σποῦ = ὀφθαλμός (ἴδε Rawlinson, 3, σ. 197)· ἐν ᾧ ὁ Εὐστ. εἰς Διον. Π. 31 λέγει ὅτι ἄρι = ἓν καὶ μασπὸς = ὀφθαλμός· ἐν Αἰσχύλ. Πρ. 805 καλοῦνται ἱπποβάμονες.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Ἀριμασποί: οἱ (тж. Ἀριμασπὸς στρατός Aesch.), аримаспы (баснословное племя одноглазых людей) Her., Aesch.
