ἀργύφεος
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)
[ῠ], η, ον, Ep. Adj.
A silver-shining, silver-white, σπέος Il.18.50; φᾶρος Od.5.230; ἐσθής Hes.Th.574; νάματα AP9.633 (Damoch.); ὠεόν Orph.Fr.70, cf.Mus.Belg.16.71 (Athens, ii A.D.), Epic. in POxy. 421.6.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀργύφεος: [ῠ], -η, -ον, Ἐπ. ἐπίθ., λάμπων ὡς ἄργυρος, λευκὸς ὡς ἄργυρος, Ἰλ. Σ. 50, Ὀδ. Ε. 230. Ἡσ. Θ. 574· τὸ ἀργύφεος, ἔχει σχέσιν πρὸς τὸ ἄργυρος, οἵαν τὸ λιγὺς πρὸς τὸ λιγυρός: (ἴδε ἐν λ. ἀργός).
