πωλικός
οὐ μακαριεῖς τὸν γέροντα, καθ' ὅσον γηράσκων τελευτᾷ, ἀλλ' εἰ τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς συμπεπλήρωται· ἕνεκα γὰρ χρόνου πάντες ἐσμὲν ἄωροι → do not count happy the old man who dies in old age, unless he is full of goods; in fact we are all unripe in regards to time
English (LSJ)
ή, όν, (πῶλος)
A of foals, fillies, or young horses, π. ἀπήνη a chariot drawn by young horses or (generally) by horses, S.OT802; so π. ἄντυγες, ὄχημα, ζυγά, ὄχος, E.Rh.567,621, IA619,623, etc.; π. διώγματα pursuit in a chariot drawn by young horses, Id.Andr.992; in races, π. τέθριππον, opp. τέλεον τέθριππον, IG5(2).549 (Arc., iv B.C.); ἵππων πωλικῷ ζεύγει ib.22.2311.52; συνωρὶς π. ib.42(1).101.46 (Epid., i A.D.), Supp.Epigr.1.380b (Samos, ii B.C.); ἅρμα π. IG42(1).101.48. 2 of any young animal, -κὸν ζεῦγος βοῶν a team of young oxen, Alc.Com.14. 3 poet., π. ἑδώλια the girls' apartments, A. Th.454 (lyr.).
