Ὑάκινθος
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)
[ῠᾰ], ὁ,
A Hyacinthus, a Laconian youth, beloved by Apollo, who killed him by an unlucky cast of the discus, E.Hel.1469 (lyr.), Apollod.3.10.3, Paus.3.1.3: cf. Ὑακίνθια. B as Appellat., I ὑάκινθος, ὁ, Il. 14.348, Paus.1.35.4; but ἡ in Sapph.94, Thphr.HP6.8.2, Theoc., etc. (v. infr.):—wild hyacinth, bluebell, Scilla bifolia, Il. l. c., h.Cer.7, Thphr.HP6.8.1, Dsc.4.62. 2 blue larkspur, Delphinium Ajacis, ὑ. σπαρτή Thphr. HP6.8.2; said to have sprung up from the blood of Hyacinthus or (acc. to others) of Telamonian Ajax: and the ancients thought they could decipher on the petals the initial letters AI, or the interj. AIAI, cf. Mosch.3.6; hence the epithets γραπτά Theoc.10.28; αἰαστής Nic.Fr.74.31; πολύθρηνος Id.Th.902; πολύκλαυτος IG 14.607; cf. Ps.-Dsc.3.73. 3 ὑ. πορφυρέη, prob. Lilium Martagon, Euph.40, AP5.146 (Mel.). II ὑάκινθος, ἡ Hld., ὁ Ph. and J.:—a precious stone, of blue colour (J.AJ3.7.7), perh. aquamarine, Apoc.21.20, Peripl.M.Rubr.56, Luc.Syr.D.32, Hld.2.30, Cod.Just.11.12.1, etc.; cf. Plin.HN37.125. III name of a blue colour, J.AJ3.6.1, PHolm.17.3; blue stuff, LXX Ex.28.8, Ph.2.148, J.BJ5.5.4; χιτώνια τὴν χροιὰν ὑακίνθου Arr.Tact.34.6.
