ὀροθύνω
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)
used by Hom. once in pres., Od.18.407, but chiefly in Ep. impf. 3sg. ὀρόθῡνε (ν), Il.13.351, al.: aor. 1
A ὠρόθυνα Lyc.693 ; imper. ὀρόθυνον Il.21.312 :—stir up, rouse, urge on, mostly of persons, Il.13.351, etc.; also of things, πάντας δ' ὀρόθυνον ἐναύλους 21.312 ; πάσας δ' ὀρόθυνεν ἀέλλας Od.5.292 : c. inf., urge one to do, A.R.1.522, 1275.— Ep. word, used in Pass. by A., στάσις τ' ἐν ἀλλήλοισιν ὠροθύνετο Pr. 202 ; and Herm. restores ὀροθύνεις (for ὀρθεῖς or ὀρθοῖς) in E.Ba. 1168 (lyr.).
