βασανιστέον
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
Spanish (DGE)
1 hay que someter a tortura περὶ τούτων β. D.29.35.
2 hay que comprobar β. δὴ ἔν τε οἷς τότε ἐλέγομεν πόνοις Pl.R.503e, τὰ σύμβολα ἐκεῖνα Them.Or.23.287c, τοῦτο ἐν ἅπασιν ἀκριβῶς β. Iul.Or.7.226d, cf. Gal.17(1).337, Max.Tyr.18.4.
