一切經音義 71.86

71.86

衰耄（字體作𤸬同所龜反說文𤸬滅也損也禮記年五十始衰衰懈也下古文𠅸耄二形今作秏同莫報反禮記八十曰耄耄謂惛忘者也闇亂也）。

衰耄 [feeble and senile] (the graph is written as 𤸬; pronounced with the fanqie 所龜 [s- + -ui = shui]: The Shuowen states: “Shui (𤸬) means to diminish; to decline.” The Liji states: “At fifty years of age, one begins to decline (衰).” Shuai means to become slack. The lower character in ancient script is written with the two forms 𠅸 and 耄; now written as 秏; pronounced with the fanqie 莫報 [m- + -ao = mao]: The Liji states: “At eighty, one is called mao (耄).” Mao refers to being muddled and forgetful, confused and disorderly).