στύραξ
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)
[ῠ] (A), ᾰκος, ὁ,
A storax, Mnesim.4.62 (anap.), Arist.HA 534b25, Thphr.HP9.7.3, Dsc.1.66, Sor.2.29, Aret.CD1.2, PSI4.297.12 (v A.D.). II στύραξ, ὁ or ἡ, the tree producing this gum, Styrax officinalis, fem. in Hdt.3.107, masc. in Str.12.7.3, Plu.Lys.28.
στύραξ [ῠ] (B), ᾰκος, ὁ,
A spike at the lower end of a spear-shaft, X. HG6.2.19, Pl.La.184a; shaft, ἀκοντίων Onos.10.4 (pl.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 959] ακος, ἡ, seltener ὁ, der Strauch od. Baum, der das Gummiharz storax, τὸ στύραξ, giebt, Strab., Diosc., Plut. Lys. 28. ακος, τό, storax, ein wohlriechendes, als Räucherwerk gebrauchtes Gummiharz, das der Strauch ἡ στύραξ giebt, Diosc. ακος, ὁ, wie σαυρωτήρ, das untere Ende des Lanzenschaftes, auch der ganze Schaft; ἕως ἄκρου τοῦ στύρακος ἀντελάβετο, Plat. Lach. 183 e; auch die ganze Lanze, der Speer selbst, Xen. Hell. 6, 2, 10; Plut. Marcell. 26.
