ἰχθύα
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], Ion. ἰχθύη, ἡ, (ἰχθῦς)
A dried skin of the fish ῥίνη, like our shagreen, Hp.Foet.Exsect.1, Archig. ap. Gal.12.406; of fish-skin in general, Ruf. ap. Orib.4.2.16. II pot, perh. for pickled fish, CIG 8345c (Nola, vase). III fishing, fishery, BGU1123.9 (i A.D.), PSI3.160.8 (ii A.D.). IV ταριχηρὰ ἰ. pickled fish, PLond.3.856.20 (i A.D.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1275] ἡ, ion. ἰχθύη, die getrocknete Haut des Fisches ῥίνη, die man zu Raspeln brauchte, Hippocr., Galen.
