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προμηθικῶς

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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
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Transliteration A: promēthikō̂s Transliteration B: promēthikōs Transliteration C: promithikos Beta Code: promhqikw=s

English (LSJ)

Adv.

   A shrewdly, warily, with allusion to the name Prometheus, Ar.Av.1511.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

προμηθικῶς: Ἐπίρρ., προβλεπτικῶς, φρονίμως, εὐφυῶς, κατ’ ἀναφορὰν πρὸς τὸ ὄνομα Προμηθεύς, Ἀριστοφ. Ὄρν. 1511· συγκρ. -ώτερον, Εὐστ. Πονημάτ. 285. 16.

French (Bailly abrégé)

adv.
prudemment.
Étymologie: προμηθεύς.

Greek Monolingual

Α
επίρρ.
1. προσεκτικά, φρόνιμα
2. κατά τρόπο ευφυή.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < προμηθικός (< Προμηθεύς)].