πάλος
From LSJ
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)
[ᾰ], ὁ, (
A πάλλω 1.3) lot cast from a shaken helmet, A.Th. 458. 2 Lyr., Ion., and Trag. generally, = κλῆρος, lot, τόνδε τὸν πάλον λαχόην Sapph.9, cf. A.Th.376; πάλῳ λαχεῖν ib. 126, Hdt.4.94, 153, Aen.Tact.20.2; πάλῳ ἀρχὰς ἄρχειν Hdt.3.80; πάλου κύρσαι A. Pers.779; τύχης π. Id.Ag.333; οὓς ἐκλήρωσεν π. E.Ion416, cf. S. Ant.275, dub. in E.IA1151. 3 ballot, vote, A.Eu.742, 753.
