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ὦ δυσπάλαιστον γῆρας, ὡς μισῶ σ' ἔχων, μισῶ δ' ὅσοι χρῄζουσιν ἐκτείνειν βίον, βρωτοῖσι καὶ ποτοῖσι καὶ μαγεύμασι παρεκτρέποντες ὀχετὸν ὥστε μὴ θανεῖν: οὓς χρῆν, ἐπειδὰν μηδὲν ὠφελῶσι γῆν, θανόντας ἔρρειν κἀκποδὼν εἶναι νέοις → Old age, resistless foe, how do I loathe your presence! Them too I loathe, whoever desire to lengthen out the span of life, seeking to turn the tide of death aside by food and drink and magic spells; those whom death should take away to leave the young their place, when they no more can benefit the world
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English (LSJ)
A lie at anchor in wait for others, Plb.3.19.8, 34.3.2, Ael. NA11.19, Charito 3.7, etc.: metaph., αἱ πόλεις ὑ. ἀλλήλαις D.Chr. 38.42; ὁ τοῦ κόλακος λόγος . . ὑ. τινὶ πάθει Plu.2.61e; τὸ ὑφορμοῦν suspicion, Lib.Decl.40 (προθεωρία). 2, 46 (προθεωρία). 2; τὰ ὑφορμοῦντα Sch. D. 1.1 (viii p.30 Dindorf). II lit., anchor under, ὑπὸ τὸ τεῖχος D.Chr.11.116, cf. 7.2.
