εὐεργής
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)
ές, (ἔργον)
A well-wrought, well-made, of chariots, εὐεργέος ἔκπεσε δίφρου Il.5.585; of ships, μία δ' ἤγαγε νηῦς εὐ. 24.396, and freq. in Od., cf. IG12.74.27; πηδάλιον Hes.Op.629; of garments, ἀμφ' ὤμοισιν ἔχουσ' εὐεργέα λώπην Od.13.224; of gold, wrought, χρυσοῦ . . εὐεργέος ἑπτὰ τάλαντα 24.274. 2 well-done: hence in pl., εὐεργέα, = the Prose εὐεργεσίαι, benefits, services, οὐκ ἔστι χάρις μετόπισθ' εὐεργέων 22.319, cf. 4.695; also ἀθάνατοι χαίρουσι βροτῶν εὐεργέσι τιμαῖς Milet.1(7).205b (ii A. D.). 3 = εὐεργός 11.2, τῷ ψυχρῷ Olymp.in Mete.313.9. 4 easy, of a surgical operation, Antyll. ap. Orib.45.2.6. 5 effective, τὴν εὐώνυμον χεῖρα -εστέραν Sor.2.61.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1065] ές (ἔργω), 1) wohlgearbeitet, schön gemacht, bei Hom. in Od. vom Schiff u. vom Wagenstuhl, δίφρος Il., von einem Kleide Od. 13, 224, χρυσός, gut verarbeitet, 24, 274; πηδάλιον Hes. O. 627; sp. D., ἄγκιστρον Opp. H. 5, 135. – 2) wohlgethan, εὐεργέα, Wohlthaten, Od. 4, 695. 22, 319. – 3) leicht zu bearbeiten, Theophr. – Bei Sp. auch akt., geschickt arbeitend.
