ὑπηνέμιος
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)
ον, (ἄνεμος)
A lifted or wafted by the wind, ὑπᾱνέμιοι φορέονται Theoc.5.115; ὑ. τανύοιτο, of the Sun, Arat.839. 2 swift as the wind, Plu.Sert.12. II full of wind, ὑ. ᾠὰ wind-eggs, which produce no chickens, Ar.Fr.186, Pl.Com.19 (ἀνεμιαῖον ᾠόν was considered better Att., Moer.p.73 P.); of eggs laid by hens without impregnation, Arist.HA559b24; so κυήματα ὑ. Id.GA749b1; in Ar. Av.695 (anap.), ὑ. ᾠόν is the egg produced by Night alone, without impregnation; and Luc.Sacr.6 calls Hephaestus the ὑ. παῖς of Hera; λοχεῖαι καὶ ὠδῖνες Plu.2.38e (s. v.l.): hence 2 metaph., empty, idle, ὄνειροι ib.735e, cf. Luc.Harm.4; πλοῦτος Id.Gall.12.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1205] windig, Wind andeutend, Arat. 839; ὠόν, ein Windei, Ar. Av. 695 u. fr. bei Ath. IX, 374 c, vgl. ἀνεμιαῖος. Auch ὑπ. κύημα, Arist. gen. an. 3, 1. – Uebertr., nichtig, eitel, leer; Plut. Sert. 12; ὀνείρατα Luc. Harm. 4. – Auch = windschnell, πούς, Nonn. D. 8, 177.
