ἀσέλγεια
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)
ἡ,
A licentiousness, wanton violence, Pl.R.424e, Is.3.13, etc., οἷ προελήλυθ' ἀσελγείας ἅνθρωπος D.4.9: joined with ὕβρις, Id.21.1; insolence, opp. κολακεία, Phld.Lib.p.42 O.; τῶν δημαγωγῶν Arist.Pol.1304b22: Astrol., epith. of certain ζῴδια, Vett. Val.335.34. II licentiousness, περὶ τὰς σωματικὰς ἐπιθυμίας Plb.36.15.4, etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 369] ἡ, das Wesen u. die Handlungsweise eines ἀσελγής, Plat. Rep. IV, 424 e (B. A. 451 ἡ μετ' ἐπηρεασμοῦ καὶ θρασύτητος βία); καὶ ὕβρις Dem. Mid. 1; περὶ τὰς σωματικὰς ἐπιθυμίας Pol. 37, 2; öfter εἴς τινα, Muthwillen, z. B. 1, 6, 5. Von Weibern. Alciphr.
