δειρή
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, Att. δέρη A.Ag.329,875, etc.; Aeol. δέρα Sapph.Supp. 23.16(v. infr.):—
A neck, throat, Il.11.26, etc.; τὰ ἀπὸ τῆς δ. ornaments, Hdt.1.51. 2 collar, Poll.2.235. II in pl., gully, glen, Pi.O. 3.27, 9.59: but in sg., = δειράς, prob. in Hermesian.7.54. (The original form is preserved in Arc. δερϝά BCH39.55 (Orchom.): Aeol. δέρρη is coined by EM262.57 as etym. of δέρρις: Hsch. has δέρα· ὑπερβολὴ ὄρους, οἱ δὲ τὰ σιμὰ τῶν ὀρῶν by confusion with δειράς. Κοίλᾳ δέρᾳ, place-name in Inscr.Olymp.46.30. Prob. from root of ζέρεθρον, βιβρώσκω.)
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
δειρή: ἡ, ὁ τράχηλος, ὁ λαιμός, Ἰλ. Λ. 26, κτλ., Ἡρόδ. 1. 51· Ἀττ. δέρη, ὃ ἴδε. 2) περιδέραιον, Πολυδ. Β΄, 235. ΙΙ. κατὰ πληθ. = δειράς, Πίνδ. Ο. 3. 48., 9. 89. (Πρβλ. δειράς· ὁ Κουρτ. ὑποθέτει ὅτι ὁ τύπος δέρη (ὅπερ τηρεῖ τὸ η παρ’ Ἀττ.) καὶ τὸ Αἰολ. δέρρα, Λατ. dorsum, ὁδηγοῦσιν ἡμᾶς εἴς τινα ἀρχικὸν ἢ πρῶτον τύπον δέρσα).
French (Bailly abrégé)
ῆς (ἡ) :
1 cou;
2 gorge.
Étymologie: cf. δειράς et lat. dorsum.
