καλχαίνω
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)
(κάλχη) prop.
A make purple:—Pass., to be purple, Nic. Th.641. II metaph. (cf. πορφύρω), make dark and troublous like a stormy sea, ponder deeply, κ. ἔπος S.Ant.20; ἀμφὶ τέκνοις E.Heracl. 40: c. inf., long, desire, Lyc.1457; cf. sq.
