Καταρράκτης
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
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (ὁ) :
1 Katarrhaktès, fl. de Phrygie;
2 plur. οἱ Καταρράκται les Cataractes du Nil.
Étymologie: v. καταρράκτης.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Καταρράκτης: ион. Καταρρήκτης, ου ὁ Катарракт (река во Фригии) Her.
