ἀχηνία
From LSJ
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)
[ᾰ], ἡ,
A need, want, χρημάτων A.Ch.301; φίλων ἀχηνία Ar. Fr.20, cf. 1 D.; ὀμμάτων ἐν ἀχηνίαις in the eyes' blank gaze, A.Ag. 418 (lyr.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 418] ἡ, Armuth. Mangel, ὀμμάτων Aesch. Ag. 407; χρημάτων Ch. 299; φίλων Ar. fr. 91.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀχηνία: ἡ, ἔνδεια, ἀνέχεια, ἔλλειψις, χρεία, χρημάτων Αἰσχύλ. Χο. 301· φίλων ἀχηνίᾳ Ἀριστοφ. Ἀποσπ. 91· ὀμμάτων ἀχηνίαις, ἐλλείψει ζώντων ὀμμάτων, Αἰσχύλ. Ἀγ. 419.
