κλοπή
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)
ἡ, (κλέπτω)
A theft, ἁρπαγῆς τε καὶ κλοπῆς δίκη A.Ag.534: pl., ib.402 (lyr.), E.Hel.1175; κλοπῆς δίκη Pl.Prt.322a; ἱερῶν κλοπῆς δυοῖν ταλάντοιν γεγραμμένος Antipho 2.1.6, cf. Ar.Eq.444, Pl.Euthphr.5d (pl.); κλοπῆς ὀφλεῖν And.1.74; ἐπὶ κλοπῇ χρημάτων ἀποκτείνειν Lys.30.25; κ. τῶν θησαυρῶν PAmh.2.79.63 (ii A.D.) ; σκεῦος . . ἐκφέρειν ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ ἐπὶ κλοπήν SIG997.5 (Smyrna); κλοπῆς ἐν ταῖς εὐθύναις ἑάλωκεν D.24.112, cf. Arist.Ath.54.2, Plu.Per.32; opp. ἁρπαγή, Pl.Lg. 941b. 2 of authors, plagiarism, Porph. ap. Eus.PE10.3. II secret act or transaction, fraud, κλέπτουσα μύθοις κλοπάς E.HF100; πράγματος μεγάλου κ. Aeschin.2.57; κλοπῇ by stealth or fraud, S.Ph. 1025, E.Ion1254; ποδοῖν κλοπὰν ἀρέσθαι, i.e. to steal away, S.Aj. 246 (lyr.). III in warfare, surprise, X.An.4.6.14.
