ηλόπληκτος

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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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Greek Monolingual

ἡλόπληκτος, -ον (Μ)
ο πληγωμένος με καρφί.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ήλος «καρφί» + -πληκτος (< πλήσσω / πλήττω), πρβλ. έκ-πληκτος, θαλασσό-πληκτος].