μονῳδός
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)
όν,
A singing alone, not in chorus: ὁ μ., writer of a funeral ode or of a drama (like Lycophron's Cassandra) to be spoken by a single person, Tz.ad Lyc.pp.1,4 S.
German (Pape)
[Seite 206] allein, einzeln singend, Sp.; auch wer im Drama eine einzige Person redend einführt, wie Lycophr. in seiner Cassandra.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μονῳδός: -όν, ὁ ᾄδων μόνος, οὐχὶ ἐν χορῷ· - ὁ μ., ὁ ποιητὴς δράματος, καθ’ ὃ ἓν μόνον πρόσωπον ὁμιλεῖ, ὡς ἡ τοῦ Λυκόφρ. Κασσάνδρα, ἴδε Τζέτζ. σελ. 249, 261. Ἐπίρρ. -δῶς, αὐτόθι.
