ἀόριστος
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)
ον,
A without boundaries, debatable, γῆ Th.1.139. 2 limitless, ὀρέξεις, φόβοι, ἐπιθυμίαι, Epicur.Fr.202,203. II indeterminate, Pl.Lg.643d, Arist.Metaph. 1087a17, al.; οὐδὲν ἀνεξέταστον οὐδ' ἀ. D.4.36; ἄτακτα, ἀδιόρθωτα, ἀόρισθ' ἅπαντα ibid.; ἀ. ἀξιώματα indefinite propositions, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.5,al.; ἀ. καὶ κρίσεως προσδεόμενον, opp. ὡρισμένον, Epicur. Nat.p.31 G.; ἀ. [ἄρχων] one who holds office without limit of time, Arist.Pol.1275a26; uncertain, ζωῆς τελευτή AP9.499: Comp. πρόληψις Phld.Rh.2.189S., cf. Plot.3.9.2. Adv. -τως Pl.Lg.916e, Arist. Cat.8b9,al. 2 ἀ. ὄνομα or ῥῆμα an indefinite term, as οὐκ-ἄνθρωπος Id.Int.16a32, 16b14; of pronouns, A.D.Pron.7.1, al. 3 ὁ ἀ. (sc. χρόνος) the aorist tense, D.T.638.24, A.D.Synt.276.5,al.
German (Pape)
[Seite 272] unbegränzt, unbestimmt, nach Arist. Eth. Nic. 10, 3, 2 ὅ, τι ἐνδέχεται τὸ μᾶλλον καὶ τὸ ἧττον. Von einem Lande, γῆ Thuc. 1, 139; ἀόριστον ἐᾶν Plat. Legg. I, 643 d; ἀτάκτως καὶ ἀορίστως ἐᾶν XI, 916 d, wie Dem. ἄτακτα, ἀόριστα, ἀδιόρθωτα πάντα vrbdt, 4, 36; ἀόριστα καὶ ἀσαφῆ λέγειν Aesch. 3, 99.
