ὀριγνάομαι
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)
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A -ήσομαι D.C.41.53 : aor. ὠριγνήθην Antipho Soph. 21, Isoc.Ep.6.9 :—stretch oneself, like ὀρέγομαι, ἔγχεσιν ἠδ' ἐλάτῃς αὐτοσχεδὸν ὠριγνῶντο they fought with outstretched spears, Hes.Sc.190. 2 c. gen., stretch oneself after a thing, aim at, grasp at, ὅτε . . θηρῶν ὀριγνῷτο E.Ba.1255 ; ποίας δόξης Isoc. l. c.; τελαμῶνος Theoc.24.44 ; κερδέων Herod.7.37 ; χορείας Pl.Ax.366a ; τοῦ πλείονος Socr.Ep.29, D.C.l.c.; aim at, strive, c. inf., κενῶσαι τελέως Gal. 11.363 ; νικῆσαι Id.10.5. 3 reach, win, Δήμητρος εὐνῆς D.H.1.61 (v.l. εὐνήν).
