λώβη
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A outrage, dishonour, αἶσχος λώβη τε 18.225; λώβην λωβᾶσθαι (v. λωβάομαι) ; τείσετε λ. ye shall pay for the outrage, Il.11.142; ἀπὸ πᾶσαν ἐμοὶ δόμεναι . . λ. 9.387; but λ. τείσασθαι exact retribution for an outrage, i.e. avenge it, 19.208, Od.20.169, S.Aj.181 (lyr.); ἐπὶ λώβᾳ for ruin or destruction, Id.Ant.792 (lyr.), cf. E.Hec.647 (lyr.); ὡς ἐπὶ λώβᾳ Id.HF882 (lyr.); λ. καὶ διαφθορά Pl.Men.91c, etc.; esp. mutilation, maiming, Hdt.3.154: pl., S.Aj.1392; λώβας λωβηθείς Pl.Grg.473c. 2 of persons, a disgrace, λώβην τ' ἔμεναι καὶ ὑπόψιον Il.3.42, cf. E.El.165 (lyr.), Herod.7.95; ποιητῶν λῶβαι, of the Grammarians, AP11.322 (Antiphan.); οὐ γὰρ Ἀρκάδεσσι λώβα no insult to the Arcadians, Alc. 38. II a form of leprosy, Gal.14.757.
German (Pape)
[Seite 75] ἡ, schmähliche, schimpfliche Behandlung mit Worten od. Werken, Beschimpfung, Mißhandlung, Schmach, καὶ αἶσχος, Od. 18, 225. 19, 373; λώβην λωβᾶσθαί τινα, Einem Schmach anthun, Il. 13, 623; λώβην τῖσαι, eine Beleidigung büßen, 11, 142; auch ἀποδοῦναι, 9, 387; λώβην τίσασθαι, sich eine angethane Schmach büßen lassen, sie rächen, 19, 208 Od. 20, 169, wie Soph. Ai. 181; τὸν ἄνδρα λώβαις ἐκβαλεῖν ἀναξίως 1371, öfter, in der dor. Form λώβᾳ, die auch Eur. allein hat, ὡς ἐπὶ λώβᾳ, Herc. Fur. 881; u. in Prosa, πολλὰς λώβας λωβηθείς, Plat. Gorg. 473 c; λ. καὶ διαφθορά Men. 91 c; καὶ βλάβαι Legg. VI, 751 c; also = Schaden, auch = Verderben, Zerstörung, bes. bei Sp. – Bei den Byzant. = λέπρα, Aussatz.
