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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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Transliteration A: Líbys Transliteration B: Libys Transliteration C: Livys Beta Code: *li/bus

English (LSJ)

[ῐ], ῠος, ὁ,

   A a Libyan, Hdt.4.181, al., S.El.702, etc.: and as Adj., = Λιβυκός, αὐλός E.Alc.346; Λ. καυλός, = σίλφιον, Antiph.217.13:—fem. Λίβυσσα [ῐ], Pi.P.9.105, S.Fr.11, Hdt.4.189, Call.Ap.86, Riv.Fil.57.379 (Crete):—also Λῐβυστικός, ή, όν, A.Eu.292, Fr.139, etc.; fem. also Λῐβυστίς, ίδος, ἡ, A.R.4.1753; cf. Λιβύη.    II harmless kind of serpent, Nic.Th.490.    III = λουτροφόρος 2, Hsch.