ἠμέν
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)
Ep. Conj., correl. to ἠδέ (from ἦ and μέν, δέ),
A both . . and... ἠ. νέοι ἠδὲ γέροντες Il.2.789, etc.; ἠ. ἀνακλῖναι πυκινὸν νέφος ἠδ' ἐπιθεῖναι 5.751; sts. καί is added to ἠδέ, ἠ. θεὸν ἠδὲ καὶ ἄνδρα 5.128; ἠ. δέμας ἠδὲ καὶ αὐδήν Od.2.268; ἠ. δή ποτ' ἐμεῦ πάρος ἔκλυες . . ἠδ' ἔτι καὶ νῦν μοι . . ἐπικρήηνον ἐέλδωρ Il.1.453: rarely folld. by δέ or τε, ἠ . . . πολλοὶ δέ . . 12.428; ἠ. ὅσοι χαλεποί . . οἵ τε φιλόξεινοι Od.8.575: more freq. by καί, Il.15.664,670, Hes.Op.339.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1165] dem ἠδέ entsprechend, ἠμὲν – ἠδέ, p. = καὶ – καί, sowohl – als auch, s. unter ἠδέ. Seltener entsprechen steh ἠμὲν – δέ, Il. 12, 428, ἠμὲν – καί, 15, 664. 670 u. öfter; auch ἠμὲν – τέ, Od. 8, 575; – ἦ μὲν s. unter ἦ.
