πυραύστης
From LSJ
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)
ου, ὁ, (αὔω (A))
A moth that gets singed in the candle, δέδοικα μῶρον κάρτα πυραύστου μόρον A.Fr.288, cf. Arist.HA605b11, Ael. NA12.8.
German (Pape)
[Seite 820] ὁ, die Lichtmotte; Arist. H. A. 8, 27; Aesch. frg. 298, μῶρος πυραύστου μόρος, woraus Tzetz. zu Lycophr. 83 ein Wort machte, πυραυστουμόρος, der Lichtmottentod.
