ἀμβολάδαν

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οὐ μακαριεῖς τὸν γέροντα, καθ' ὅσον γηράσκων τελευτᾷ, ἀλλ' εἰ τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς συμπεπλήρωται· ἕνεκα γὰρ χρόνου πάντες ἐσμὲν ἄωροι → do not count happy the old man who dies in old age, unless he is full of goods; in fact we are all unripe in regards to time

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ἀμβολᾰδᾱν
   1 by way of prelude, met., ὕπατον δ' ἔσχεν Πίσα Ἡρακλέος τεθμόν. ἁδεῖαί γε μὲν ἀμβολάδαν ἐν τελεταῖς δὶς Ἀθαναίων μιν ὀμφαὶ κώμασαν the Panathenaic victory is to be a prelude to an Olympic one (N. 10.33)