κατάστρωμα
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)
ατος, τό,
A that which is spread upon or over: in a ship, deck, Hdt.8.118,119, Th.1.49, X. HG1.4.18, Pl.La.184a, Thphr.Char. 22.5, etc.; καταστρώματα διὰ πάσης [τῆς νεώς] Th.1.14; οἱ ἀπὸ τῶν κ., i.e. the fighting men, opp. the rowers, Id.7.40. II part of the constellation Argo, Hipparch.1.8.1, Ptol.Alm.8.1. III πλίνθινα κ. a tile roof, AB269, cf. LW 3.141 (Ephesus). IV floor, pavement, Ath.Mech.13.4, Gp.6.2.10.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1383] τό, das Hingebreitete, bes. das Schiffsverdeck; Her. 8, 118; Thuc. 1, 49; Plat. Lach. 184 a; Xen. Hell. 1, 4, 7; Sp., wie Plut.
