moan
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 > Greek (Woodhouse)
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P. and V. οἰμωγή, ἡ (Thuc.), στόνος, ὁ (Thuc.), P. ὀλόφυρσις, ἡ, Ar. and P. ὀλοφυρμός, ὁ, V. οἴμωγμα, τό, στεναγμός, ὁ (Plat. also but rare P.), κωκυτός, ὁ, κωκύματα. τά, Ar. and V. γόος, ὁ, or pl., στέναγμα, τό; see groan. Of inanimate things: P. and V. ψόφος, ὁ. v. trans. See bemoan. V. intrans. P. and V. στένειν (Dem. 300 and 308), στενάζειν (Dem. 835), ἀνοιμώζειν (Thuc. 3, 113), V. αἰάζειν, φεύζειν, ἀναστένειν, καταστένειν, ἀνακωκύειν, ἀναμυχθίζεσθαι, ἐξοιμώζειν, κατοιμώζειν, ἀποιμώζειν, ἀνολολύζειν, P. ὀλοφύρεσθαι, ἀνολοφύρεσθαι, Ar. and V. οἰμώζειν, ἀποιμώζειν, γοᾶσθαι, κωκύειν. Moan in low tones: Ar. and V. ὑποστένειν, V. ὑποστενάζειν. Of inanimate things: P. and V. ψοφεῖν.
