ἀμφίκρημνος

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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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German (Pape)

[Seite 140] rings mit schroffen Abhängen umgeben, ἄγκος Eur. Bacch. 1049; dah. gefährlich, ἀπάτη Luc. Philopatr. 16; ἐρώτημα, verfängliche Frage, Greg. Naz.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀμφίκρημνος: -ον, ὁ μεταξὺ κρημνῶν, ἦν δ’ ἄγκος ἀμφίκρημνον Εὐρ. Βάκχ. 1049. ΙΙ. μεταφ., ἀπάτη ἀμφ., ἐπικίνδυνος, Ψευδο-Λουκ. Φιλόπατρ. 16· ἐρώτημα ἀμφίκρημνον, ἀπατηλόν, σοφιστικόν, Γρηγ. Ναζ.