κολοκάσιον
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)
[ᾱ], τό, Nic.Fr.82, Diph.Siph. ap. Ath.3.73a, Dsc.2.106; or κολοκασία, ἡ, Plin.HN21.87, v.l. in Dsc. l.c.:—A the root of κύαμος Αἰγύπτιος, Nelumbium speciosum, ll.cc., Verg.E.4.20, etc. 2 Κολοκασία, surname of Athena at Sicyon, Ath.3.72b.
