ἀστραπαῖος
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)
α, ον,
A of lightning, ἄνεμος ἀ. a wind with thunderstorms, Arist.Mete.364b30, cf. Thphr.Sign.37; τὰ ἀ. τῶν ὑδάτων thunder-showers, Plu.2.664c; Ζεὺς ἀ. Arist.Mu.401a16, Corn.ND9, IGRom.3.17 (Bithyn.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 377] blitzend, Ζεύς; von Blitzen begleitet, ἄνεμος Arist. Meteor. 2, 6, 22; νότος Theophr.; ὕδατα, Gewitterregen, Plut. 4, 2.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀστρᾰπαῖος: -α, -ον, ὁ πρόξενος ἀστραπῶν, «ἀστραπαῖοι· ἄνεμοι πνέοντες, ἀφ’ ὧν ἀστραπαὶ γίνονται» Ἡσύχ.· ἀστραπαῖοι… διὰ μὲν γὰρ τὸ ἐγγύθεν πνεῖν ψυχροί εἰσι, διὰ δὲ τὸ ψυχρὸν ἀστραπὴ γίνεται Ἀριστ. Μετεωρ. 2.6, 22, πρβλ. Θεοφρ. Ἀποσπ. 6.2, 8· ἀστρ. ὕδατα, βροχὴ μετ’ ἀστραπῶν, Πλούτ. 2.664D· ἒν ἐκ τῶν πολλῶν ἐπιθέτων τοῦ Διός, ἀστραπαῖός τε καὶ βρονταῖος καὶ αἴθριος κτλ. Ἀριστ. π. Κόσμ. 7.2.
