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καταπελτικός

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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 1369] ή, όν, zur Katapulte gehörig; βέλος, das Geschoß der Katapulte, Strab. VII, 330 Pol. 11, 11, 3; τὰ κατ. = οἱ καταπέλται 9, 41, 5.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

καταπελτικός: -ή, -όν, ἀνήκων ἢ ἁρμόζων εἰς καταπέλτην, βέλος Στράβ. 330· κ. ὄργανα καὶ βέλη Πολύβ. 11. 11, 3· τὰ κ. (ἐξυπακ. ὄργανα) = καταπέλται, 9. 41, 3· τὸ κ., ἡ τέχνη τοῦ χειρίζεσθαι τὸν καταπέλτην, Διόδ. 14, 42.