ἐνακμάζω
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 = εἶναι ἐν ἀκμῇ, τὰ ἐνακμάζοντα ἄνθη Ael.VH3.1; of fire, rage, Id.NA2.8; of cold, ib.16.26: metaph., τῆς ἐπιθυμίας -ούσης αὐτῷ Chor.in Hermes 17.216: abs., Agath.5.18. II flourish in, πάθος ἐ. τῇ Ἑλλάδι Max.Tyr.25.1; βασιλείοις ὅροις Him.Or.7.16; ταῖς Ἑλληνικαῖς Procop.Gaz.Pan.501.5.
German (Pape)
[Seite 825] in der Blüthe sein, darin blühen, träftig sein, Sp., bes. Ael.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐνακμάζω: ἀκμάζω ἐν, τὰ ἐνακμάζοντα ἄνθη, τὰ ἄνθη τὰ ἀκμάζοντα ἐν ἑκάστῃ ὥρᾳ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ, Αἰλ. Ποικ. Ἱστ. 3. 1˙ εἶμαι ἰσχυρὸς ἔν τινι τόπῳ, ἐπὶ τοῦ πυρός, ὁ αὐτ. π. Ζ. 2. 8, κτλ.
