ὑπαντάω
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)
Ion. ὑπαντ-έω APl.4.101: fut.
A -ήσομαι J.AJ1.20.1, A.D. Synt.149.15, S.E.M.10.61: aor. -ήντησα Plu.Arat.34, Dor. -άντᾱσα Pi.P.8.59:—come or go to meet, either as a friend, X.Cyr.3.3.2; or in arms, ib.1.4.22, 4.2.17; εἰς τὰς ὁδοὺς ὑ. Hyp.Eux.22, cf. SIG798.21 (Cyzicus, i A. D.); ὑ. τινί Pi. l. c., X.Cyr.6.3.15, Ev.Matt.8.28, etc.; ὑ. τῇ πόλει πρὸς τὴν χρείαν Plu. l. c.; πρὸς τὸ [βῆμα] POxy.1630.15 (iii A. D.): also c. gen., ἀνδρῶν ἀγαθῶν παιδὸς ὑ. S.Ph.719 (anap., s. v. l.): —in App.BC5.45, the acc. ὄντα (sic codd., ὄντι Schweigh., Mendelss.) refers to σε κατιόντα ὁρῶν just before:—later in Med., ὑπαντώμενος αὐτοῖς Hdn.2.5.5, cf. 3.11.3, 5.4.5, etc. 2 meet, encounter, of a heavenly body, Ptol.Tetr.132. II metaph., meet, i. e. agree to, ταῖς τιμαῖς Posidon.36 J.; present oneself at, τῇ ἀποδόσει Sammelb. 6.23 (iii A. D.); πρὸς τὴν ἀπόδοσιν BGU614.23 (iii A.D.). 2 meet, i.e. reply or object to, τοῖς ἐμοῖς βουλεύμασι E.Supp.398 (s. v.l., v. ὕπαντα) ; πρός τινα or τι S.E.M.10.105, etc.; πρός τι ὑ. ὡς . . A.D. Synt.265.4: abs., εὐαρεστήσεως ὑπαντησομένης come in response, ensue, Herod.Med.in Rh.Mus.58.85, cf. 100. 3 occur to one, τῷ ῥήτορι Longin.16.4. 4 fall in with, ἀνωμαλίᾳ S.E.M.1.6; correspond with, A.D.Conj.232.23.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1182] entgegenkommen od. -gehen, begegnen; τινί, ὑπάντασέ τ' ἰόντι Pind. P. 8, 59; τινός, Soph. Phil. 710; übertr., erwidern, einwenden, ὑπαντᾷ τοῖς ἐμοῖς βουλεύμασιν, Eur. Suppl. 398; absol., Xen. Cyr. 4, 2, 17 u. öfter. – Bei Sp., wie Hdn., auch im med., in derselben Bdtg, vgl. Lob. Phryn. 288.
