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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

Plato, Laws, 626e
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Transliteration A: skaptḗr Transliteration B: skaptēr Transliteration C: skaptir Beta Code: skapth/r

English (LSJ)

ῆρος, ὁ,

   A digger, Margites 2, X.ap.Poll.7.148.

German (Pape)

[Seite 889] ῆρος, ὁ, der Grabende, Xen. bei Poll. 7, 148.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

σκαπτήρ: ῆρος, ὁ, ὁ σκάπτων, Ὅμ. παρ’ Ἀριστ. ἐν Ἠθικ. Νικ. 6. 7, 2.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ῆρος (ὁ) :
tout homme qui creuse la terre (vigneron, etc.).
Étymologie: σκάπτω.

Greek Monolingual

-ῆρος, ὁ, θηλ. σκάπτειρα, Α
αυτός που σκάβει, σκαφέας, σκαφτιάς.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < θ. σκαπ- του σκάπτω (βλ. λ. σκάβω) + επίθημα -τήρ / -τειρα (πρβλ. θρεπ-τήρ / θρέπ-τειρα)].