τεράμων
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)
(A) [ᾰ], ον, gen. ονος, (τείρω, τέρην)
A becoming soft by boiling, of pulse, Thphr.HP8.8.6, CP4.12.1 sq., cf. Plu.2.701d: Comp. -ονέστερος Thphr.CP5.6.12: also of soil fit for such plants, ib.4.12.3; of water, Phot.
τεράμων (B) [ᾰ], ωνος or οντος, ὁ (?),
A = κάλαμος, Anacr. ap. Hilgard Excerpta ex libris Herodiani (Leipzig 1887) p.21, Pl.Sph. ibid.: v. Hermes 35.544. (Said to be declined as -ντ- stem by Anacr. l.c. (this stem mentioned also by Arc. 13), but -ων -ωνος by Pl. l.c.: not found in our text of Pl.Sph., but τεράμωσι (or perh. τεράμουσι) is to be restored in 221a for καλάμοις.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 1092] gen. ονος, weich, zart, bes. was leicht weich kocht, von Hülsenfrüchten (verwandt mit τέρην), τεραμονέστερος, Theophr.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
τεράμων: [ᾰ], -ον, γεν. ονος, (τείρω, τέρην) ὁ διὰ τοῦ βρασμοῦ γινόμενος μαλακός, ἐπὶ ὀσπρίων, ἑψανός, εὐκολόβραστος, Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Ἱστ. 8. 8, 6, π. Φυτ. Αἰτ. 4. 12, 1 κἑξ.· ὡσαύτως ἐπὶ ἐδάφους ἢ χώματος καταλλήλου διὰ τοιαῦτα φυτά, Σουΐδ.· καὶ ἐπὶ ὕδατος, Φώτ.
