ἐπιτάξ
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)
Adv., (ἐπιτάσσω)
A in a row, Arat.380. II = συντόμως, Com.Adesp.1296 ; forthwith, straightway, cj. in E.Fr.292.2. III by command or pre-arrangement, Call.Aet.1.1.9, dub. in Iamb.1.239. (Cf. ἐπιπάξ.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 989] in einer Reihe hinter einander geordnet, ἐπιτὰξ ἄλλῳ παρακείμενος ἄλλος Arat. Phaen. 380. – Nach VLL. ἡ ἐπιτὰξ ὁδός = σύντομος, s. E. M. 365, 25.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπιτάξ: Ἐπίρρ. (ἐπιτάσσω) κατὰ σειράν, ὡς τὸ ἐφεξῆς, Εὐρ. Ἀποσπ. 294, Ἄρατ. 380, πρβλ. Καλλ. Ἀποσπ. 327. ΙΙ. = συντόμως, Κωμ. Ἀνών. 71.
