Muttersöhnchen
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
German > Latin
Muttersöhnchen, materculae od. matris deliciae. – Muttersprache, sermo patrius (vom Vater angeborene Sprache). – sermo, qui natus est nobis. sermo natīvus (angeborene Sprache übh.). – auch sermo noster od. lingua nostra (unsere Landessprache, w. s.). – in der M. mit jmd. reden, sermone patrio uti apud alqm: ich spreche mit jmd. in seiner Sprache, als wenn es meine M. wäre, linguā et oratione alcis non minus scite, quam si gentīlis eius sim, loquor.
