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ἀφροδισιακός

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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

German (Pape)

[Seite 415] zum Liebesgenuß gehörig, ἡδοναί Diod. Sic. 2, 23; λίθος, ein Edelstein, Plin. H. N. 37, 10.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀφροδῑσιακός: -ή, -όν, εἰς τὰ ἀφροδίσια, τὰς σαρκικὰς ἡδονὰς ἀνήκων, τέρψεις Διόδ. 2. 23.

Spanish (DGE)

-ή, -όν

• Alolema(s): lat. aphrodisiacus Plin.HN 37.148
1 venéreo, sexual, erótico τέρψεις D.S.2.23, ἡδοναί D.S.4.4, σχῆμα Hsch.s.u. σκύλαξ
neutr. plu. subst. τὰ ἀφροδισιακά impulsos sexuales ἵνα ... τὰ ἀφροδισιακὰ ἑαυτῆς ἐκτελέσῃ ἡ δεῖνα μετ' ἐμοῦ PMag.4.404.
2 dud. afrodisíaco ἐλαίδιο(ν) ἀφροδισιακόν POxy.1293.33 (II d.C.) en BL 6.101, cf. POxy.1293.5, 39.