Mopsuhestia

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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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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Mopsuhestĭa: or Mopsuestĭa, ae, f., = Μόψου ἑστία (Mopsus-hearth),
I a city in Cilicia, on the river Pyramus, near the sea, also called Mopsos; now Missis, Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 10; Amm. 14, 8, 3.

Latin > German (Georges)

Mopsuhestia u. Mobsuëstia, ae, f. (Μόψου εστία, Μοψουεστία, Mopsus-Herd), Stadt in Silicien am Pyramus, j. Messis, Cic. ep. 3, 8, 10. Amm. 14, 8, 3: auch Mopsus gen., Plin. 5, 91.