ὑπέρκοπος
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)
ον: (κόπτω, cf. παράκοπος):—
A overstepping all bounds, extravagant, arrogant, δόρν A.th.455 (lyr.); ὑπέρκοπον μηδέν ποτ' εἴπης αὐτὸς ἐς θεοὺς ἔπος S.Aj.127. Adv. -πως extravagantly, excessively, οἱ δ' ὑ. ἐν τοῖσι σοῖς πόνοισι χλίουσιν μέγα A.Ch.136; and Grotius' cj. ὑπερκόπως (for -κότως) is generally received in Id.Ag. 468 (lyr.), τὸ δ' ὑπερκόπως κλύειν εὖ.—Since ὑπέρκοπος is required by the metre in the above passages, whilst in those cited under foreg. (exc. Men. l. c.) either ὑπέρκομπος or ὑπέρκοπος might stand, Blomf. proposed to read -κοπος everywhere in Trag. II overtired, worn out, ὑ. γενομένη [ἡ πάρδαλις] Arist.Mir.831a9, cf. Poll.5.84.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1198] eigtl. überschreitend, bes. Maaß und Ziel, dah. übermüthig, zügellos, δόρυ Aesch. Spt. 437, u. adv., Ch. 134; ὑπέρκοπον μηδέν ποτ' εἴπῃς αὐτὸς εἰς θεοὺς ἔπος Soph. Ai. 127. übermüde, ganz entkräftet (?).
