τηθίς
Τὸ νικᾶν αὐτὸν αὑτὸν πασῶν νικῶν πρώτη τε καὶ ἀρίστη. Τὸ δὲ ἡττᾶσθαι αὐτὸν ὑφ' ἑαυτοῦ πάντων αἴσχιστόν τε ἅμα καὶ κάκιστον. → Τo conquer yourself is the first and best victory of all, while to be conquered by yourself is of all the most shameful as well as evil
English (LSJ)
ίδος, ἡ, (τήθη)
A father's or mother's sister, aunt, Is.9.19, D.27.14, 43.29, Men.923.5, J.AJ3.12.1 (vv. ll. τιτθίσι, τιθίσι, τιτθαῖς), 16.10.5 (vv. ll. τιτθίδα, τητθίδα), 17.1.1 (v.l. τητθίδα, Lat. vers. nutricem), Plu.2.838b, Hierocl.p.61 A. (τιθιδες, τιθίδες codd.), Lib.Decl.5.52 (one cod., vv. ll. τητθίδα, τιτθίδα), 26.21 (τιτθίδας codd., τιθίδας as cited by Thom.Mag.p.360 R., who thinks it may mean grandmothers or great-aunts); ἡ πρὸς πατρὸς τη[θίς] POxy.503.3 (ii A.D.); τῆς τηθίδος μου κύριος PSI9.1065.28 (ii A.D.); οὐκ ἐξὸν Ῥωμαίοις ἀδελφὰς γῆμαι οὐδὲ τηθίδας PGnom.70 (ii A.D.); ὥσπερ οὐδὲ νῦν τιτθίδας (leg. τηθίδας) οὐδ' ἀδελφὰς γαμοῦσιν Plu.2.265d; τηθίδα PStrassb.41.8 (iii A.D.); dat. spelt τειθειδι Supp.Epigr.6.221 (Phrygia).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1105] ίδος, ἡ, Vaters- od. Mutterschwester, Tante; Dem. 27, 14; Suid. erkl. θεία; vgl. Lob. Phryn. 134.
