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Τὸ νικᾶν αὐτὸν αὑτὸν πασῶν νικῶν πρώτη τε καὶ ἀρίστη → The first and best victory is to conquer self.

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|Definition=όνος, ἡ, mostly pl., <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">the Amazons</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.3.189</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ὁ τῶν Ἀ. τροχίσκος</b>, a famous remedy, Asclep. ap. Gal.12.152, etc.:—also Ἀμαζονίδες, αἱ, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.87</span>, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Dian.</span>237</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> epith. of Artemis, <span class="bibl">Paus.4.31.8</span>:—Adj. Ἀμαζ-ονικός, ή, όν, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pomp.</span>35</span>, <span class="bibl">Paus. 1.41.7</span>:—<b class="b3">κά, τά,</b> title of Epic by Onasus, Sch.<span class="bibl">A.R.1.1236</span>, Sch. <span class="bibl">Theoc.13.46</span>:—also ἁλ-όνιος, ον, <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>37.17</span>; epith. of Apollo in Laconia, <span class="bibl">Paus.3.25.3</span>. (Commonly derived from <b class="b3">μαζός</b>, from the fable that they got rid of the right breast, that it might not interfere with the use of the bow.) </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> (<b class="b3">ἀ</b>- priv., <b class="b3">μᾶζα</b>) <b class="b2">poor, starveling</b>, ἄνδρες <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>523</span>.</span>
|Definition=όνος, ἡ, mostly pl., <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">the Amazons</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.3.189</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ὁ τῶν Ἀ. τροχίσκος</b>, a famous remedy, Asclep. ap. Gal.12.152, etc.:—also Ἀμαζονίδες, αἱ, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.87</span>, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Dian.</span>237</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> epith. of Artemis, <span class="bibl">Paus.4.31.8</span>:—Adj. Ἀμαζ-ονικός, ή, όν, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pomp.</span>35</span>, <span class="bibl">Paus. 1.41.7</span>:—<b class="b3">κά, τά,</b> title of Epic by Onasus, Sch.<span class="bibl">A.R.1.1236</span>, Sch. <span class="bibl">Theoc.13.46</span>:—also ἁλ-όνιος, ον, <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>37.17</span>; epith. of Apollo in Laconia, <span class="bibl">Paus.3.25.3</span>. (Commonly derived from <b class="b3">μαζός</b>, from the fable that they got rid of the right breast, that it might not interfere with the use of the bow.) </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> (<b class="b3">ἀ</b>- priv., <b class="b3">μᾶζα</b>) <b class="b2">poor, starveling</b>, ἄνδρες <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>523</span>.</span>
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|lstext='''Ἀμαζών''': -όνος, ἡ, τὸ πλεῖστον κατὰ πληθ., αἱ Ἀμαζόνες, πολεμικὴ φυλὴ γυναικῶν ἐν Σκυθίᾳ, Ἰλ. Γ. 189, Ἡρόδ., κτλ.: παρὰ Πινδ. Ο. 13. 124, Καλλ., κτλ., καὶ Ἀμαζονίδες. ΙΙ. ἐπώνυμον τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος, Παυσ. 4. 31, 8. -Ἐντεῦθεν ἐπίθ. Ἀμαζόνειος, ἢ ιος, ον, Εὐστ., Νόνν. Δ. 37. 117: Ἀμαζονικός, ή, όν, Πλουτ. Πομπ. 35, Παυσ. 1. 41, 7. (Κοινῶς ἐτυμολογεῖται ἐκ τοῦ [[μαζός]], [[διότι]] κατὰ τὸν μῦθον αἱ γυναῖκες αὗται ἀπέκοπτον τὸν δεξιὸν αὑτῶν μαστόν, ἵνα μὴ παρακωλύῃ αὐτὰς εἰς τὴν χρῆσιν τοῦ τόξου, δι’ ὃ καὶ οἱ καλλιτέχναι παριστῶσιν αὐτὰς [[οὕτως]] [[ὥστε]] νὰ μὴ φαίνηται ὁ δεξιὸς αὐτῶν [[μαστός]]).
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English (LSJ)

όνος, ἡ, mostly pl.,

   A the Amazons, Il.3.189, etc.; ὁ τῶν Ἀ. τροχίσκος, a famous remedy, Asclep. ap. Gal.12.152, etc.:—also Ἀμαζονίδες, αἱ, Pi.O.13.87, Call.Dian.237.    II epith. of Artemis, Paus.4.31.8:—Adj. Ἀμαζ-ονικός, ή, όν, Plu.Pomp.35, Paus. 1.41.7:—κά, τά, title of Epic by Onasus, Sch.A.R.1.1236, Sch. Theoc.13.46:—also ἁλ-όνιος, ον, Nonn.D.37.17; epith. of Apollo in Laconia, Paus.3.25.3. (Commonly derived from μαζός, from the fable that they got rid of the right breast, that it might not interfere with the use of the bow.)    III (- priv., μᾶζα) poor, starveling, ἄνδρες Call.Fr.523.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

Ἀμαζών: -όνος, ἡ, τὸ πλεῖστον κατὰ πληθ., αἱ Ἀμαζόνες, πολεμικὴ φυλὴ γυναικῶν ἐν Σκυθίᾳ, Ἰλ. Γ. 189, Ἡρόδ., κτλ.: παρὰ Πινδ. Ο. 13. 124, Καλλ., κτλ., καὶ Ἀμαζονίδες. ΙΙ. ἐπώνυμον τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος, Παυσ. 4. 31, 8. -Ἐντεῦθεν ἐπίθ. Ἀμαζόνειος, ἢ ιος, ον, Εὐστ., Νόνν. Δ. 37. 117: Ἀμαζονικός, ή, όν, Πλουτ. Πομπ. 35, Παυσ. 1. 41, 7. (Κοινῶς ἐτυμολογεῖται ἐκ τοῦ μαζός, διότι κατὰ τὸν μῦθον αἱ γυναῖκες αὗται ἀπέκοπτον τὸν δεξιὸν αὑτῶν μαστόν, ἵνα μὴ παρακωλύῃ αὐτὰς εἰς τὴν χρῆσιν τοῦ τόξου, δι’ ὃ καὶ οἱ καλλιτέχναι παριστῶσιν αὐτὰς οὕτως ὥστε νὰ μὴ φαίνηται ὁ δεξιὸς αὐτῶν μαστός).