φθορεύς
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)
έως, ὁ, corrupter, seducer, Ph.2.53, al., Plu.2.18c, Arr.Epict.2.22.28, Vett.Val.119.12, Jul.Caes.336a, AP5.256 (Pall.), etc.: metaph., φ. ἀγαθῶν Ph.1.412.— Hellenistic acc. to Moer.p.390P.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1273] ὁ, 1) der Verderber, Zerstörer. – 2) der Verführer, Schänder, Agath. 3 (V, 302).
French (Bailly abrégé)
έως (ὁ) :
corrupteur, séducteur.
Étymologie: φθείρω.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
φθορεύς: έως ὀ совратитель, растлитель Soph., Plut., Anth.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
φθορεύς: έως, ὁ, ὁ διαφθείρων, ἐξαπατῶν, διαφθορεύς, Πλούτ. 2. 18C, Ἀνθ. Παλατ. 5. 257, κλπ· καὶ ἀναγινώσκεται ὑπὸ τοῦ Brunck ἐν Σοφ. Ἀποσπ. 155· ἀλλ’ ἴδε Μοῖριν σ. 390.
Greek Monolingual
-έως, ὁ, ΜΑ
βλ. φθορέας.
