πρεσβυτικός
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
English (LSJ)
ή, όν,
A like an old man, elderly, ὄχλος Ar. Pl.787; κακὰ π. the evils of age, ib.270, cf. Ael.VH2.34 (vulg. πρεσβυτιδίου) ; ἕλκη Dsc.Eup.1.172; ἄδουσαι μέλος π. Ar.Ec.278; παιδιά Pl.Lg.685a; οἱ στρυφνοὶ καὶ π. Arist.EN1158a2; ἀρχαῖον λίαν καὶ π. Plu.Fab.25: Comp., εἴ τι περιεργότερον καὶ πρεσβυτικώτερον εἰρήκαμεν Isoc.Ep.4.13. Adv. -κῶς Plu.Thes.14. II πρεσβυτικόν, τό, hall of the elders, senate-house, Milet.7.60 (Didyma), Sardis7(1).8.72.