prosthesis
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
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prosthĕsis: is, f., = πρόσθεσις, and prŏthĕsis, is, f., = πρόθεσις,
I a grammatical figure consisting in the prefixing of a letter or syllable to a word, prosthesis; as gnatus for natus, tetuli for tuli, Charis. 4; Diom. 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
prosthĕsis (proth-), is, f. (πρόσθεσις, πρόθεσις), prosthèse ou prothèse, addition d’une lettre au commencement d’un mot : Char. 278, 1 ; Diom. 440, 32 ; Serv. En. 2, 328.
