μακραύχην
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)
ὁ, ἡ, gen. ενος,
A long-necked, long, κλῖμαξ E. Ph.1173: neut. pl., τὰ μακραύχενα Hp.Epid.2.1.8, Arist.HA595a11.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μακραύχην: ὁ, ἡ, ἔχων μακρὸν αὐχένα, μακρός, κλῖμαξ Εὐρ. Φοίν. 1173· - οὐδ. πληθ., τὰ μακραύχενα Ἱππ. 1006Α, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 8. 6, 1.