παραφυλακή
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, guard, garrison, Plb.2.58.1,4.17.9 ; πόλεως, etc., POxy.1033.7 (iv A.D.), etc. II keeping securely, safeguarding, ἡ τῶν χρημάτων π. D.S.17.71, cf. Peripl.M.Rubr.19, POxy.2121.75 (iii A.D.) ; watchfulness, ἐν λόγοις καὶ ἔργοις Hierocl.in CA10p.436M. b police- or garrison-duty, Not.Arch.4.20 (Cyrene, Aug.). 2 observation, καιρῶν Hp.Ep.16.
German (Pape)
[Seite 507] ἡ, Wache dabei, D. Sic. 17, 71; Besatzung, Pol. 2, 58, 1; – Beobachtung dabei, Hippocr.
