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πολυήγορος

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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

German (Pape)

[Seite 662] viel redend, geschwätzig; Φρόντις, Philisc. ep. (App. 96); Orph. Arg. 487 von der Argo.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ος, ον :
aux longs discours.
Étymologie: πολύς, ἀγορεύω.

Greek Monotonic

πολυήγορος: -ον (ἀγορεύω), αυτός που λέει πολλά, σε Ανθ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

πολυήγορος: многоговорящий, говорливый (sc. γυνή Anth.).

Middle Liddell

πολυ-ήγορος, ον, ἀγορεύω
much-speaking, Anth.