ἁλιεύω
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 (LSJ)
(ἅλς)
A fish, Ev.Jo.21.3; to be a fisher, Plu. Ant.29; fish for, catch, σπάρους dub. l. in Epich.54; λίθους Luc.Pisc. 47: abs., Luc.Herm.65, etc.: metaph. of avenger, ἁλιεύειν τινάς LXX Je.16.16. II only Med. occurs in Att., Pl.Com.44; Ἁλιευομένη, title of play by Antiph.:—also later, Posidon.68.
German (Pape)
[Seite 96] fischen, Epicharm. bei Ath. VII, 319 f; Plut. Luc. Das med., welches Thom. Mag. allein billigt, Plat. com. bei Ath. VII, 328 f; cf. B. A. 383; D. Cass.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἁλιεύω: (ἅλς) ψαρεύω, Εὐαγγ. κ. Ἰω. κα΄, 3: εἶμαι ἁλιεύς, Πλουτ. Ἀντων. 29. Λουκ., κτλ.· ἁλ. τὴν θάλασσαν = ἐρευνῶ αὐτὴν ζητῶν ἰχθῦς, Βασίλ.: - μεταφ. ἐπὶ τιμωρῶν· ἁλιεύειν τινά, καταδιώκειν, τιμωρεῖν, Ἑβδ. (Ἱερεμ. ιϛ, 16). ΙΙ. παρ’ Ἀττ. μόνον τὸ μέσον ἀπαντᾷ, Πλάτ. Κωμ. ἐν «Εὐρώπῃ» 2· «ἁλιευομένη» εἶναι ὄνομα δράματος τοῦ Ἀντιφ. πρβλ. Ἀθήν. 544C, Θωμ. Μ. 36.
