νήθω
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 spin, Cratin.96, Pl.Plt.289c, LXXEx.35.25, AP11.110 (Nicarch.), Corn.ND13, Gal.UP1.3 (but said not to be Att., Poll.7.32, AB109): Ion. impf. νήθεσκες AP14.134. (Formed from νέω (B), as πλήθω from πλη-, πίμπλημι.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 251] = νέω, spinnen, Plat. Polit. 289 c u. Sp., wie Probl. arithm. 27 (XIV, 134), νήθεσκε, nach Poll. 7, 32 nicht att., vgl. B. A. 88.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
νήθω: «γνέθω», κλώθω, Κρατῖνος ἐν «Μαλθακοῖς» 4, Πλάτ. Πολιτ. 289C· (ἀλλὰ λέγεται ὅτι δὲν εἶναι Ἀττ., Meineke Κωμ. Ἀποσπ. 2. σ. 556)· Ἰων. παρατ. νήθεσκες, Ἀνθ. Π. 14. 134. (Σχηματισθὲν ἐκ τοῦ νέω (Γ), ὡς τὸ πλήθω ἐκ τῆς √ΠΛΕ, πίμπλημι).
French (Bailly abrégé)
filer.
Étymologie: νέω³.
English (Strong)
from neo (of like meaning); to spin: spin.
English (Thayer)
to spin: Plato, polit., p. 289c.; Anthol.; for טָוָה, Exodus 35:25f.)
