Diespiter
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)
Dĭespĭter: tris, m. Dies, Sanscr. Divas, L. divus; cf. ho-dier-nus, and πατήρ>, pater; cf. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 233; 2, 458, another name for
I Juppiter, Varr. L. L. 5, § 66 and 9, § 75 and 77 Müll.; Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 1; id. Poen. 3, 4, 29; 4, 2, 47; Hor. Od. 1, 34, 5; 3, 2, 29; Gell. 5, 12, 5; Macr. S. 1, 15; Arn. 2, p. 93; of Pluto, Lact. 1, 14, 5.
