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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

Plato, Laws, 626e

Greek Monolingual

η, Ν
1. είδος μάλλινου υφάσματος
2. μτφ. α) (για πρόσ.) πονηρός, κατεργάρης («σού είναι μια τσόχα»)
β) η χαρτοπαιξία
3. φρ. α) «ούτε την τσόχα θα χάσω ούτε τα ραφτικά» — δεν έχω να χάσω τίποτε
β) «τί πληρώνει; την τσόχα ή τα ραφτικά;» — λέγεται όταν κάποιος αποκτά κάτι αβασάνιστα, χωρίς κόπους
γ) «τον έφαγε η τσόχα» — λέγεται για κάποιον που έχει καταστραφεί από το πάθος του για χαρτοπαιξία.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < τουρκ. cuha].

Translations

felt

Albanian: plis; Arabic Egyptian Arabic: ⁧لبد⁩; Armenian: թաղիք; Asturian: fieltru; Azerbaijani: keçə, kiyiz; Bashkir: кейеҙ; Basque: feltro; Bulgarian: филц; Catalan: feltre; Chinese Mandarin: 毛氈/毛毡; Chuvash: кӗҫҫе; Crimean Tatar: kiyiz,keçe; Czech: plsť, filc; Danish: filt; Dutch: vilt; Esperanto: felto; Estonian: vilt; Finnish: huopa; French: feutre, feutrine; Galician: feltro; Georgian: თექა; German: Filz; Greek: κετσές, τσόχα; Ancient Greek: πῖλος; Hebrew: ⁧לבד⁩; Hindi: नमदा; Hungarian: nemez, filc; Ido: felto; Italian: feltro; Japanese: フェルト, 羅紗, 毛氈; Karachay-Balkar: кийиз; Karakalpak: kiyiz, kiygiz; Kazakh: киіз; Khakas: киис; Khinalug: ттагьла; Khmer: សំបុក; Korean: 펠트; Kumyk: кийиз; Kyrgyz: кийиз; Latin: coactum; Lithuanian: veltinys; Luxembourgish: Filz; Maori: kirihuru; Mongolian: эсгий; Nogai: кийиз; Norwegian Bokmål: filt; Nynorsk: filt; Old English: felt; Persian: ⁧نمد⁩; Plautdietsch: Burr; Polish: filc; Portuguese: feltro; Romanian: pâslă; Russian: фетр, войлок; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: пуст, филц; Roman: pust, filc; Slovak: plsť; Southern Altai: кийис; Spanish: fieltro; Swedish: filt; Tagalog: pyeltro, piyeltro; Thai: สักหลาด; Tibetan: ཕྱིང་པ; Turkish: aba, keçe, kiyiz; Tuvan: кидис; Ukrainian: повсть, фетр; Uyghur: kigiz; Uzbek: kigiz; Welsh: brethyn llawban, ffilt