ἐμπάζομαι
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
English (LSJ)
used only in pres. (and later impf., Bion Fr.7.9, Coluth. 113, Nonn.D.15.214),
A busy oneself about, take heed of, care for, c. gen., ἐμῶν ἐμπάζεο μύθων Od.1.271, al.; οὔτε θεοπροπίης ἐμπάζομαι Il.16.50, cf. Od.2.201; οὔτε ξείνων ἐμπάζομαι οὔθ' ἱκετάων 19.134; οὐκ ἐμπαζόμενον δόξης Timo 50: once c. acc. pers., οὐχ ἱκέτας ἐμπάζεαι Od.16.422; also Ἔριν δ' ἀγέραστον ἐάσας οὐ Χείρων ἀλέγιζε καὶ οὐκ ἐμπάζετο Πηλεύς Coluth.38:—Ep. word, used in late Prose, οὐκ ἀλέγων Ἀδράστειαν οὐδὲ Νέμεσιν ἐμπαζόμενος Ael.Fr.325.
