ἀμυδρός
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)
ά, όν,
A dim, faint, obscure: 1 of impressions on the eye, ἀ. χοιράς a rock dimly seen through water, Archil.129; ἀ. γράμματα scarce legible letters, Th.6.54; ἀ. φέγγος, χρῶμα, Arist.Mete.343b13, 372a2; ἀ. τὰ εἴδη τῶν ἰχθύων, σκιὰς μᾶλλον ἢ ἰχθῦς εἰκάσεις (in a painting) Paus.10.28.1. Adv. ἀμυδσῶς, βλέπειν, ὁρᾶν, Arist.HA537b11, 556b19; ἀ. μιμεῖσθαί τι represent its form obscurely, ib.502b9; ἀ. ἔχειν to be ill-defined, PA 668a3. 2 generally, faint, weak, σφυγμὸς ἀ. τὸν τόνον Aret.CA2.3, cf.SD1.12; τυπαί Nic.Th.358 (Comp.). 3 of impressions on the mind, vague, ἀ. εἶδος Pl.Ti.49a; ἀ. πρὸς ἀλήθειαν faint in comparison with truth, Id.R.597a; δι' ἀμυδρῶν ὀργάνων by imperfect organs, Id.Phdr.250b, cf. Tht.195a; μαντεῖα ἀμυδρότερα τοῦ τι σαφὲς σημαίνειν too obscure... Id.Ti.72b; ἀ. ἐλπίς Plu.Alc.38; ἀ. λόγος [Longin.] Rh.p.195H.; -ότερα σχήματα Aps.p.327 H.; συναίσθησις Dam.Pr.81 (Sup.), etc. Adv. -ῶς καὶ οὐθὲν σαφῶς Arist.Metaph.985a13, cf. 988a23; faintly, of one near death, Max.Tyr.16.2: Comp. ἀμυδρότερον Pl. Sph.250e, Plu.2.1025d.
