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ἀμφικυκλόομαι

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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
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Transliteration A: amphikyklóomai Transliteration B: amphikykloomai Transliteration C: amfikykloomai Beta Code: a)mfikuklo/omai

English (LSJ)

Pass., encircle, surround, ἀμφὶ δὲ κυκλοῦντο νῆσον A.Pers.458.—Act. in Agath.3.6.

Spanish (DGE)

circundar, dar la vuelta ἀμφὶ δὲ κυκλοῦντο πᾶσαν νῆσον A.Pers.458, tard. v. act. mismo sent. τὸν περίβολον Agath.3.6.10.

French (Bailly abrégé)

-οῦμαι;
encercler, entourer.
Étymologie: ἀμφί, κυκλόομαι.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἀμφικυκλόομαι: окружать (νῆσον Aesch. in tmesi).

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀμφικυκλόομαι: Μέσ. περικυκλῶ, ἀμφὶ δὲ κυκλοῦντο ... νῆσον (ἐν τμήσει) Αἰσχύλ. Πέρσ. 458. -Τὸ ἐνεργ. εὕρηται παρὰ Βυζ.

Greek Monotonic

ἀμφικυκλόομαι: Παθ., περικυκλώνω, περιτριγυρίζω, σε Αισχύλ.

Middle Liddell

to encircle, surround, Aesch.

German (Pape)

med., umgeben, in tmesi, Aesch. Pers. 450.