ἀσπαστός
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)
ή, όν,
A = ἀσπάσιος, welcome, Hom. (only in Od.), Ὀδυσῆ' ἀσπαστὸν ἔδυ φάος ἠελίοιο 13.35, cf. 5.398, 23.239; κάρτα ἀ. [τὸ πρᾶγμα] ἐποιήσαντο Hdt.5.98; τοῖσι ἡ τυραννὶς πρὸ ἐλευθερίης ἦν ἀσπαστότερον 1.62, cf. E.Rh.348 (lyr.), Them.Or.15.184d (Comp.). Adv. -τῶς Hdt.4.201, Lyc.1090; τὸ τῆς ζωῆς ἀ. Epicur.Ep.3p.61U.; neut. ἀσπαστόν as Adv., Hes.Sc.42. 2 to be welcomed, Pl.Phlb. 32d. II ἄσπαστον, τό, an instrument of uncertain use, BGU544.25 (ii/iii A.D.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 373] erwünscht, willkommen; Od. 7, 343. 8, 295. 13, 35. 19, 569. 23, 60. 239; das neutr. ἀσπαστόν als advb. 5, 398 Ὀδυσῆ' ἀσπαστὸν ἐείσατο γαῖα καὶ ὕλη; wünschenswerth, Plat. Phil. 32 c; ἡ τυραννὶς πρὸ ἐλευθερίης ἦν ἀσπαστότερον Her. 1, 62. – Adv. ἀσπαστῶς, ὑπήκουσαν Her. 4, 201.
