Δυσμαῖς βίου
at life's settings
Translated by David Whitehead13 May 2003Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] at the end of [one's] existence.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Δυσμαῖς βίου· τῷ τέλει τῆς ζωῆς.
Betacode
*dusmai=s bi/ou: tw=| te/lei th=s zwh=s.
Notes
- Same entry in Hesychius (delta2605) and elsewhere, including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon. The headword phrase is probably quoted from Plato, Laws 770A (even though 'life' has the definite article there); other instances and parallels in LSJ s.v.
dusmh/ , I, and add e.g. Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 8.12.34.
For the sun's setting(s) see epsilon 3468, sigma 6.