ἀνεκάς
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)
Adv.
A upwards, ὅταν . . μοῖρα πέμπῃ ἀ. ὄλβον Pi.O.2.22; ἀσπίδα φέρειν . . ἀ. ἐς τὸν οὐρανόν Ar.V.18, cf. Fr.188; [τρέπειν] τὸν αὐχέν' ἐκ γῆς ἀ. Crates Com.10; ἀ. δ' ἐπήρω τὸ σκέλος Eup.50, cf. Pherecr.169 (Valck.); εἰς τὸ ἀ. Hp.Mul.1.1. (Plu.Thes.33 wrongly derives the name of the Ἄνακες from this word, τὸ γὰρ ἄνω τοὺς Ἀττικοὺς ἀνέκας (sic) ὀνομάζειν καὶ ἀνέκαθεν τὸ ἄνωθεν, cf. Num.13: but -κάς perh. as in ἀνδρα-κάς (A) (q.v.), ἑ-κάς : ἀνεκάς does not contain ἑκάς; ἀνεκάς· ψιλῶς, Phot.p.129.13 R., i.e. not ἀνηεκάς.)
