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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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[[so that they left in flight the towering steep of the battlements]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ὥστ' ἐπάλξεων λιπεῖν ἐρίπνας φυγάδας]] ([[Euripides | [[so that they left in flight the towering steep of the battlements]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ὥστ' ἐπάλξεων λιπεῖν ἐρίπνας φυγάδας]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Phoenissae]]'' 1167). | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:50, 14 October 2021
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
P. and V. ὑψηλός, V. ὑψίπυργος, ὀρθόκρανος, ὑψαύχην, ὑψιγέννητος; see high.
in a towering passion: use adj., P. περιοργής.
towering to the stars: V. ἀστρογείτων.
so that they left in flight the towering steep of the battlements: V. ὥστ' ἐπάλξεων λιπεῖν ἐρίπνας φυγάδας (Euripides, Phoenissae 1167).