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ἐλεγεῖος

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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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Full diacritics: ἐλεγεῖος Medium diacritics: ἐλεγεῖος Low diacritics: ελεγείος Capitals: ΕΛΕΓΕΙΟΣ
Transliteration A: elegeîos Transliteration B: elegeios Transliteration C: elegeios Beta Code: e)legei=os

English (LSJ)

α, ον,

   A elegiac, δίστιχον Ael.VH1.17.

German (Pape)

[Seite 793] (ἔλεγος), elegisch, zur Elegie gehörig; ποιητής Strab.; μέτρον, στίχος, Gramm.; δίστιχον Ael. V. H. 1, 17.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐλεγεῖος: -α, -ον, = ἐλεγειακός, δίστιχον Αἰλ. Ποικ. Ἱστ. 1. 17.