ἁλοτρίβανος
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)
(τρίβω) pestle to pound salt, Eust.183.10.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, ὁ mano de almirez, majadero, Et.Gen.1124, Gloss.2.544, cf. ἀλατρίβανος, ἀλετρίβανος.
Greek Monolingual
ἁλοτρίβανος, ο (Μ)
αλατοτρίφτης, εργαλείο με το οποίο κοπανίζουν το αλάτι, γουδοχέρι.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ἁλο- + τρίβω.
