οἶδαξ
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)
-ᾱκος, ὁ, = φήληξ, Poll.6.81, Choerob. in An. Ox.2.248.
Greek Monolingual
οἴδαξ, -ακος, ὁ (ΑΜ)
άγριο σύκο («τὰ δὲ οὔπω πέπειρα τῶν σύκων ἴδακες παρὰ Λάκωσι καὶ φήληκες παρ' Ἀθηναίοις», Πολυδ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < οἰδῶ «είμαι πρησμένος, φουσκωμένος» + επίθημα -αξ, -ακος (πρβλ. πήδαξ)].
