λάθρη
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)
v. λάθρῃ.
German (Pape)
[Seite 6] od. λάθρῃ, ep. u. ion. = λάθρᾳ, ᾤχεο νηῒ Πύλονδε λάθρη ἐμεῦ ἀέκητι, Od. 17, 43 u. öfter; theils absol., bes. ἐμίσγετο, παρελέξατο, von verstohlenem Liebesgenuß, theils c. gen., Il. 5, 269. 24, 72; auch Her. 8, 112. 9, 90; auch heimtückisch, hinterlistig, κτείνειν, Od. 17, 80; unvermerkt, allmälig, Il. 19, 165.
French (Bailly abrégé)
v. λάθρᾳ.
