κωδύα
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)
ἡ,
A head, i.e. capsule, of the poppy, Thphr.HP9.12.4, Damocr. ap. Gal.13.40, Dsc.4.63 (v.l. -ίαις), 64, Sor.1.120 (τῇ διακωδίων cod.), Ruf.Ren.Ves.1.15; imitated as an ornament of ἧλοι, IG 22.1457.14, 1544.38, al.; head, i.e.fruit, of the Nile water-lily, Nymphaea stellata, Thphr.HP4.8.10; of the Egyptian bean, Nelumbium speciosum, ib.7. [κωδύᾱ acc. to Hdn.Gr.1.302, and so in Damocr. l.c., but κώδυα in Ar.Fr.117 ap.Harp.Epit., Phot., cf. sq.]
German (Pape)
[Seite 1541] ἡ, = κώδεια, Mohnkopf; auch von anderen Pflanzen, Theophr.; auch κώδυον, vgl. Lob. zu Phryn. p. 302.
