μύρσινος
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)
Att. μύρρῐνος, η, ον,
A = μύρτινος, of myrtle, [μύρον] Thphr.Od.27; ὄζος Call.Dian.202; ἔλαιον Androm. ap. Gal.13.687, al., cf. PPetr.2p.114 (iii B. C.). II Subst. μύρρινος, ὁ, = μυρσίνη 1.1, Thphr.HP1.3.3, al. 2 μυρσίνη (with or without σμίλη), ἡ, convex scalpel, Gal.2.477, al. 3 μύρρινον, τό, upper part of membrum virile, Ar.Eq.964.
German (Pape)
[Seite 222] = μύῤῥινος; πτόρθοι, Eur. Alc. 170; ὄζος, Callim. H. Dian. 203.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μύρσῐνος: μεταγεν. Ἀττ. μύρρινος, -η, -ον, = μύρτινος, ὁ ἐκ μύρτου, Λατ. myrteus, Καλλ. εἰς Ἄρτεμ. 202˙ - ὡς οὐσιαστ., = μύρτος, Θεόφρ. π. Φυτ. Ἱστ. 1. 3, 3. ΙΙ. τὸ μύρρινον, τὸ κατώτερον μέρος τοῦ ἀνδρικοῦ αἰδοίου, Ἀριστοφ. Ἱππ. 964.
