ὀποκάρπασον
From LSJ
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)
τό, A = ὀπὸς καρπάσου (v. κάρπασος 11), Dsc.Alex.Praef.; opocarpatum, Plin.HN28.158,32.98.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὀποκάρπᾰσον: τό, ὀπὸς καρπάσου, ἴδε κάρπασος.
Greek Monolingual
ὀποκάρπασον, τὸ (Α)
ο οπός της καρπάσου.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὀπός + κάρπασον «είδος φυτού»].
Frisk Etymological English
See also: s. καρπασον
