ἀποθηλύνω
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)
A make effeminate, enervate, Plu.Ant.53; weaken, τὰς ὀσμάς Thphr.Od.66; ἄκρατον Plu.2.692d:—Pass., Clearch.6. II produce female plants, Thphr.HP7.4.3.
German (Pape)
[Seite 303] weibisch machen, τὰς ψυχὰς ἀποθηλυνθέντες Ath. XII, 515 f; mildern, οἶνον.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀποθηλύνω: ἐκθηλύνω, ἐκνευρίζω, ἐκλύω, Πλουτ. Ἀντών. 53. - Παθ., Κλέαρχ. παρ’ Ἀθην. 515F: ― μεταφ. ἐπὶ φυτῶν, Θεοφρ. Ἱστ. Φ. 7. 4, 3, κτλ. ἐπὶ οἴνου Πλούτ. 2. 692D.
French (Bailly abrégé)
part. ao. Pass. ἀποθηλυνθείς;
1 efféminer;
2 affaiblir (du vin).
Étymologie: ἀπό, θηλύνω.
Spanish (DGE)
1 afeminar fig. debilitar τὸν ἄνθρωπον Plu.Ant.53, τὰς ὀσμάς Thphr.Od.66, τὸν ἄκρατον Plu.2.692c
•en v. med.-pas. afeminarse, relajarse τὰς ψυχὰς ἀποθηλυνθέντες ἠλλάξαντο τὸν τῶν γυναικῶν βίον Clearch.43a, τοὺς ... ἀνθρώπους οὐκ ἐβούλοντο ... ἀποθηλύνεσθαι Plb.32.13.6.
2 en v. med.-pas. nacer femenina de plantas, Thphr.HP 7.4.3.
