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συγκατασκάπτω

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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: synkataskáptō Transliteration B: synkataskaptō Transliteration C: sygkataskapto Beta Code: sugkataska/ptw

English (LSJ)

   A demolish with another or altogether, E.Or.735 (troch.), Ph.884, Rh.391, And.1.101.

German (Pape)

[Seite 966] mit oder zugleich untergraben, zerstören, vernichten; ἡμᾶς, Eur. Or. 733; τείχη, Rhes. 391, wie Andoc. 1, 101.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

συγκατασκάπτω: κατασκάπτω, κατακρημνίζω, καταστρέφω ἀπὸ κοινοῦ μετά τινος ἢ παντελῶς, Εὐρ. Ὀρ. 735, Φοίν. 884, Ρῆσ. 391, Ἀνδοκ. 13. 38.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ruiner ensemble ou de fond en comble.
Étymologie: σύν, κατασκάπτω.