προβόλαιος
From LSJ
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 held out before one, levelled, in rest, δούρατι προβολαίῳ Theoc.24.125; προβόλαιος alone, = πρόβολος 11, εἴσω τὸν π. ἔχων Orac. ap. Hdt.7.148.
