μακροβιότης
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)
ητος, ἡ,
A longevity, Arist.Rh. 1361b32, Gal.14.297, Alex.Aphr. in Top.258.4; of plants, Thphr.HP4.13.2.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μακροβιότης: -ητος, ἡ, τὸ ζῆν μακρὸν χρόνον, μακροζωΐα, Ἀριστ. Ρητ. 1. 5, 15· ἐπὶ φυτῶν, Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Ἱστ. 4. 13, 2· οὕτω, μακροβιοτία, ἡ, Κλήμ. Ἀλ. 180.
