μασχαλιστήρ
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)
ῆρος, ὁ,
A girth passing round the horse behind his shoulders and fastened to the yoke by the λέπαδνον, Poll. 1.147, Hsch. II generally, girth, band, A.Pr.71, Hdt.1.215; μ. ἔνλιθος CPR22.5 (ii A.D.). III second dorsal vertebra, Poll.2.178.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μασχαλιστήρ: ῆρος, ὁ, (μασχάλη) εὐρὺς ἱμὰς περιζωννύων τὸν ἵππον ἀκριβῶς ὄπισθεν τῶν ὤμων αὐτοῦ καὶ προσδενόμενος εἰς τὸν ζυγὸν διὰ τοῦ λεπάνδου, Πολυδ. Α΄, 147, Ἡσύχ. ΙΙ. καθόλου, ζώνη, ζῶμα, δεσμός, ταινία, Ἡρόδ. 1. 215, Αἰσχύλ. Πρ. 71 (ἔνθα ἴδε Blomf.)· ― ταινία τις ἐν χρήσει παρὰ τοῖς ὑποκριταῖς ἐν ταῖς τραγῳδίαις, Μüller εἰς Εὐμ. § 32.
