ἑκατόγχειρος
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)
ον,
A hundred-handed, of Briareus, Il.1.402.
German (Pape)
[Seite 752] ὁ, dasselbe, Briareus, Il. 1, 402.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἑκατόγχειρος: -ον, ἔχων ἑκατὸν χεῖρας· ἐπὶ τοῦ Βριάρεω, Ἰλ. Α. 402: - ἑκατόγχειρ, ὁ, ἡ, Πλουτ. Μάρκελλ. 17, κτλ. Ἑκατόγχειρες ἦσαν ὁ Βριάρεως, ὁ Γύγης ἢ Γύας καὶ ὁ Κόττος, τέκνα Οὐρανοῦ καὶ τῆς Γῆς, Ἀπολλόδ. 1. 1, 1.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
à cent mains, à cent bras.
Étymologie: ἑκατόν, χείρ.
English (Autenrieth)
hundred-handed, Il. 1.402†.
