φόβη
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
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A lock or curl of hair, Sapph.78 (pl.), A.Ch.188; βοστρύχων ἄκρας φόβας S.El.449, cf. OC1465 (lyr.); δρακόντων φόβαι, i.e. the Gorgon's snaky locks, Pi.P.10.47. 2 mane of a horse, S.Fr. 659.7, 10, E.Alc.429, Ba.1188 (lyr.). II metaph., leafage, foliage, S.Ant.419, E.Alc.172, Ba.684, etc.; ἴων φόβαι tufts of violets, Pi.Fr.75.18; ἀνθρύσκου Cratin.98.6 (lyr.); εὐπέταλοι φόβαι AP6.158 (Sabin.); of the plumy heads of reed, Thphr.HP8.3.4, cf. 4.4.10.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1294] ἡ, 1) das lange, flatternde Haar; ποικίλον κάρα φόβαισιν Pind. P. 10, 47; Trag., wie Aesch. Ch. 186 Soph. O. C. 1464 El. 441; u. sp. 11., ῥομβητή Alc. Mess. 8 (VI, 218); bes. die Mähne des Löwen, des Pferdes, Eur. Alc. 431. – 2) das Laub, gleichsam das Haar der Bäume; Soph. Ant. 419; Eur. Alc. 169 Bacch. 683. 1136 u. öfter. – 3) der Blumenbüschel an Rohr, an der Hirse u. vgl.; – εὐπέταλοι φόβαι = ἄμπελος, Sabin. epigr. (VI, 158).
