comminatio
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
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
commĭnātĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I a threatening, menacing (rare, but in good prose): orationis tamquam armorum, * Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 206 (cf. Quint. 9, 1, 33): taurorum, Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 181; Dig. 26, 7, 7, § 7.—In <number opt="n">plur.</number>: imperiosae, Tiro ap. Gell. 7, 3, 13: Hannibalis, Liv. 26, 8, 3: Tiberii, Suet. Tib. 37.
