κάματος
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)
ὁ, (κάμνω)
A toil, trouble, ἄτερ καμάτοιο Od.7.325; ἄνευ καμάτου Pi.P.12.28; κ. ἵππων A.Fr.192.6 (anap.); οὐδέποτ' ἐκ καμάτων ἀποπαύσομαι S.El.231, cf. 130 (both lyr.); of the pangs of childbirth, Id.OT174 (lyr.); εὐκάματος E.Ba.67 (lyr.): pl., καμάτων ἅλις AP9.359 (Posidipp. or Pl.Com.): rare in early Prose, κ. ἐστι τοῖς αὐτοῖς μοχθεῖν Heraclit.84, cf. 111; of the pains of disease, Hp. de Arte 3 (pl.); κ. ὁ πολύς Luc.Herm.71; freq. later, Arist.Mu.397b23, OGI 717.8 (pl., iii A.D.), POxy.913.15 (pl., V A. D.). 2 the effect of toil, weariness, ὁππότε κέν μιν γυῖα λάβῃ κ. Il.4.230, cf. 13.85,711, etc.; κ. πολυάϊξ γυῖα δέδυκεν 5.811; αἴθρῳ καὶ κ. δεδμημένον Od.14.318; ὕπνῳ καὶ κ. ἀρημένος 6.2; κ. τε καὶ ἄλγεσι θυμὸν ἔδοντες 9.75, cf. Sapph. Supp.19.4, etc.: in Prose, Aen.Tact.26.8, Parth.1.1, Jul.Or.2.87b. 3 illness, Simon.85.10 (= Semon.29 Diehl): pl., D.H.10.53. II the product of toil, ἡμέτερος κ., viz. the pigs we have reared, Od.14.417; ἀλλότριον κ. σφετέρην ἐς γαστέρ' ἀμῶνται Hes. Th.599, cf. Thgn.925; τόρνου κ. a thing wrought by the lathe, A. Fr.57.3 (anap.), cf. AP6.206 (Antip. Sid.); κ. μελίσσης, of honey, Nic.Al.71 (pl.), cf. 144.
