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περίπυρον

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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: perípyron Transliteration B: peripyron Transliteration C: peripyron Beta Code: peri/puron

English (LSJ)

τό,    A vessel for containing fire, IG11(2).203 B45,219B53 (Delos, iii B. C.), SIG996.13 (Smyrna, i A. D.).

Greek Monolingual

τὸ, Α
αγγείο ή δοχείο κατάλληλο για πυρωμένα κάρβουνα, το πύραυνο, το μαγκάλι.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < περι- + -πυρον (< πῦρ)].