ἐπιφάσκω

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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: epipháskō Transliteration B: epiphaskō Transliteration C: epifasko Beta Code: e)pifa/skw

English (LSJ)

A pretend, profess, c. inf., εἰδέναι σαφῶς Ph.1.457; ἰᾶσθαι Id. ap. Eus.PE8.14; act a part, ἐ. τὸν [σεμνόν] Phld.Vit.p.36J.; τὸν πλούσιον Ph.2.536.

German (Pape)

[Seite 999] (s. φάσκω), aussagen, behaupten, Philo.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐπιφάσκω: διισχυρίζομαι, ἐπαγγέλλομαι, διαβεβαιῶ, μετ’ ἀπαρ., Φίλων παρ’ Εὐσ. Εὐαγγ. Πρ. 388D· προσποιοῦμαι, ὑποκρίνομαι, ἐπ. τὸν πλούσιον ὁ αὐτ. 2. 536.

French (Bailly abrégé)

alléguer, déclarer.
Étymologie: ἐπί, φάσκω.

Greek Monolingual

ἐπιφάσκω (Α)
1. ισχυρίζομαι, διαβεβαιώνω, υπόσχομαι («οἱ τὴν δέσποιναν ἐπιφάσκοντες ἰᾱσθαι», Ευσ.)
2. (με έναρθρο επίθ.) προσποιούμαι, παριστάνω, υποκρίνομαι («ἐπιφάσκων τὸν πάνυ πλούσιον», Φίλ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < επί + φάσκω, παράλλ. τ. του φημί «λέγω»].