ἐπιφαύσκω
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)
fut. -φαύσω (v. infr.):—
A shine out, of the sun or moon, LXXJb.25.5, 31.26 : also in pass. form, ib.41.9(10) ; ἐπιφαύσει σοι ὁ Χριστός will shine out for thee,Ep.Eph.5.14.
German (Pape)
[Seite 999] erscheinen u. leuchten, aufgehen, Arist. Probl. 8, 17; Orph. H. 49, 9 u. a. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπιφαύσκω: ἐπιφώσκω, ἐκλάμπω, ἐπὶ τοῦ ἡλίου ἢ τῆς σελήνης, Ἑβδ. (Ἰὼβ ΚΕ΄, 5, ΛΑ΄, 26)˙ ὡσαύτως ἐν τῷ Παθ. τύπῳ, αὐτόθι ΜΑ΄, 9.
French (Bailly abrégé)
commencer à luire, se lever en parl. des astres.
Étymologie: ἐπί, φαύσκω.
Syn. ἐπιτέλλω, ἀνατέλλω.
