εἵαται
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)
εἵατο, Ep. 3pl. pres. and impf. of ἧμαι.
II εἴατο, Med. form for ἦσαν (impf. of εἰμί sum), read by Aristarch. in Od.20.106.
2 εἵατο, 3pl. plpf. Med. of ἕννυμι.
Spanish (DGE)
v. ἧμαι.
French (Bailly abrégé)
3ᵉ pl. prés. épq. de ἧμαι.
German (Pape)
ep. für ἧνται.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
εἵᾰται: = ἕαται.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
εἵαται: εἵατο, Ἐπ. γ΄ πληθ. ἐνεστ. καὶ παρατ. τοῦ ἧμαι: - ἐν Ὀδ. Υ. 106 ὁ Ἀρίσταρχ. ἀνεγίνωσκεν εἴατο (ἤατο Monro), μέσ. τύπος ἀντὶ τοῦ ἦσαν (παρατ. τοῦ εἰμί).
English (Autenrieth)
see ἧμαι.
Greek Monotonic
εἵαται: εἵατο, Επικ. αντί ἧνται, ἦντο, γʹ πληθ. ενεστ. και παρατ. του ἧμαι.
