πετρήεις
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)
εσσα, εν,
A rocky, in Hom. always epith. of places, Αὐλίς, Πυθών, Καλυδών, Il.2.496,519,640; νῆσος Od.4.844; γλάφυ πετρῆεν Hes.Op.533. II haunting rocks, ἰουλίς AP7.504.5 (Leon.); ἠχώ APl.4.154 (Luc. or Arch.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 606] εσσα, εν, felsig, steinig, voll von Felsen od. von Steinen; bei Hom. stets Beiwort eines Landes, einer Insel, Αὖλις, Πυθών, Καλυδών, Il. 2, 496. 529. 640, νῆσος, Od. 4, 844; γλαφὺ πετρῆεν, Hes. O. 535; πετραέσσας Πυθῶνος, Pind. Ol. 6, 48; sp. D.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πετρήεις: εσσα, εν, (πέτρα) βραχώδης, παρ’ Ὁμ. ἀείποτε ἐπίθ. χωρῶν, Αὐλίς, Πύθων, Καλυδὼν Ἰδ. Β. 496, 519, κτλ.· νῆσος Ὀδ. Δ. 844· γλάφυ πετρῆεν Ἡσ. Ἔργ. κ. Ἡμ. 531.
