ἰχθυολύμης
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)
[λῡ], ου, ὁ,
A plague of fish, Com. epith. of a fish-eater, Ar.Pax 814.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1276] ὁ, Fischpest, komisch von einem gewaltigen Fischesser, Ar. Pax 800; vgl. B. A. 43, 23.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἰχθυολύμης: λῡ, ου, ὁ, ὁ λυμαινόμενος τοὺς ἰχθῦς, καταστροφεὺς αὐτῶν, κωμικὸν ἐπίθετον τῶν Ἀθηναίων ὡς ἀγαπώντων καθ’ ὑπερβολὴν ἐδέσματα ἐξ ἰχθύων, τὸ τοῦ Ὁρατίου pernicies macelli, Ἀριστοφ. Εἰρ. 814.
