passio
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)
passĭo: ōnis, f. patior,
I a suffering, enduring (post-class.).
I Lit., Maxim. Gallus, 3, 42; Prud. στεφ. 5, 291; Tert. adv. Val 9 fin.; id. adv. Gnost. 13—Esp. (eccl. Lat.), the sufferings of Christ: demus operam, ut mereamur a Deo et ultionem passionis et praemium. Lact. 5, 23, 5: post passionem suam, Vulg. Act. 1, 3; <number opt="n">plur.</number>, id. 2 Cor. 1, 7; id. Phil. 3, 10.—
B In partic., a disease, Firm. 2, 12.—
II Transf.
A An event, occurrence, phenomenon, App. Mund. p. 61, 31.—
B A passion, affection, a transl. of the Gr. πάθος>: passio in linguā Latinā, maxime in usu loquendi ecclesiastico, non nisi ad vituperationem consuevit intellegi, Aug. Nupt. et Concup. 33; id. Civ. Dei, 8, 16; Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 499.
