σπαθίς
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)
ίδος, ἡ,=
A σπάθη 2, spatula, Ar.Fr.205, Eub.100; σ. ἀργυρ[ᾶ] IG12.386.17 (unless in signf. 11). II garment of closely-woven cloth (v. σπάθη 1), ib.22.1469.131, 1517.201, cf. Poll.7.36, Hsch.