ἀμφιλέγω
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)
Dor. ἀμφιλλ-,
A dispute about, τι X.An. 1.5.11; χώρας ἇς ἀμφέλλεγον IG4.926 (Epid.):—Pass., τὰ ἀμφιλλεγόμενα GDI5149 (Cret.). 2 foll. by μή... dispute, question that a thing is, X.Ap. 12: abs., dispute, αἴ κ' ἀμφιλλέγωντι τοὶ ταγοί GDI2561A42.
