[963] Yes, he died of infirmities （νόσοις ἔφθιτο）, and of the long years（τῷ μακρῷ χρόνῳ, causal dat.）, in accordance with their term （συμμετρούμενος, sc. αὐτοῖς, lit. ”commensurably with them “）: the part. being nearly equiv. to συμμέτρως, and expressing that, if his years are reckoned, his death cannot appear premature. Cp. 1113, and Soph. Ant. 387 “ποίᾳ ξύμμετρος προὔβην τύχῃ;” “seasonably for what hap?”
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