ἐπινίκειος
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)
ἐπινίκειον, = ἐπινίκιος (epinician, of victory, to celebrate victory, of a triumph, triumphal), S. OC 1088 (lyr.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 965] bei Soph. O. C. 1090 Lesart der mss. ἐπινικείῳ σθένει, wofür Herm. ἐπὶ νικείῳ vermuthet, vulg. ἐπινικίῳ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
c. ἐπινίκιος.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἐπινίκειος: (νῑ) Soph. = ἐπινίκιος.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπινίκειος: -ον, = τῷ ἑπομ., ἐκ διορθώσεως τοῦ Δινδ. ἐν Σοφ. Ο. Κ. 1088, χάριν τοῦ μέτρου.
Greek Monotonic
ἐπινίκειος: -ον, = το επόμ., σε Σοφ.
Middle Liddell
ἐπινίκειος, ον = ἐπῑνίκιος, Soph.]
