μελῳδός
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)
όν,
A musical, melodious, κύκνος, ὄρνις, E.IT1104 (lyr.), Hel.1109 (lyr.); ἀχήματα Id.IA1045 (lyr.). II Subst. μελῳδός, ὁ, = μελοποιός, Pl.Lg.723d, AJP48.18 (Rome).
German (Pape)
[Seite 129] ein Lied singend, Eur. Rhes. 351; oft auch ἄχημα, I. T. 1045; auch = dichtend, bes. der lyrische Dichter, Plat. Legg. IV, 723 d; Τήϊος, Anacr. 1, 2; ὄρνις θρήνων μ. Luc. Halcyon. 8, u. a. Sp.
