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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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English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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adj.

The building becoming top-heavy suddenly collapsed: P. τὸ οἴκημα λαβὸν μεῖζον ἄχθος ἐξαπίνης κατερράγη (Thuc. 4, 115).