διακύπτω
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)
A stoop and creep through a narrow place, Hdt.3.145, Ar. Ec.930. 2 stoop so as to peep in, Id.Pax78; διὰ τῆς κεραμίδος Diph.84, cf. Men.Epit.463. 3 look out, διὰ τῆς θυρίδος LXX 4 Ki. 9.30, cf. PMagd.24.4 (iii B.C.), Luc.Asin.45.
German (Pape)
[Seite 585] sich durch eine Oeffnung hervorbeugen, hervorgucken; διὰ τῆς γοργύρης, Her. 3, 145; vgl. Ar. Eccl. 930.
