ὀτοτύζω
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 cry ὀτοτοῖ, wail aloud, Ar.Pax1011, Th.1081, Schwyzer 323C35 (Delph., iv B. C.): fut. ὀτοτύξομαι Ar.Lys.520:—Pass., to be bewailed, ὀτοτύζεται . . A.Ch.327 (lyr.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 405] auch ὀττοτύζω, fut. ὀτοτύξεσθαι, Ar. Lys. 520, ὀτοτοῖ rufen, wehklagen, jammern; absolut, Ar. Pax 976 Th. 1082; c. acc., dah. auch pass. ὀτοτύζεται ὁ θανών, Aesch. Ch. 324.
