βραχυκατάληκτος
From LSJ
κάλλιστον ἐφόδιον τῷ γήρᾳ ἡ παιδεία (Aristotle, quoted by Diogenes Laertius 5.21) → the finest provision for old age is education
English (LSJ)
ον,
A ending in a short syllable, A.D.Pron.50.24, Arc.192.20. Adv. -τως f.l. for -παραλήκτως (q. v.), Sch.Ar.Pl.1057, = Suid. s.v. παιδιά. II β. μέτρον, short by a foot, Heph.4.4, Aristid.Quint. 1.23:—hence βρᾰχῠ-καταληκτέω, to end so, Sch.Ar.Ra.317:—Subst. βρᾰχῠ-καταληξία, ἡ, such an ending, Heph. Poëm.5.
