κεραμεύω
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)
A to be a potter, Phryn.Com.15, Pl.R.467a, etc. 2 c. acc., κ. κανθάρους make earthenware cups, Epig.4; τὰ τρύβλια κακῶς κ., τὴν δὲ πόλιν εὖ καὶ καλῶς he tinkers the state, of the demagogue Cephalos, whose father was a potter, Ar.Ec.253; κ. τὸν κεραμέα make a pot of the potter, Pl.Euthd.301d; τὸ Νέστορος ποτήριον πολλοὶ -εύουσι, i.e. discuss its manufacture, Ath.11.781d:—Med., ἐκεραμεύσαντο . . ποτήρια they had them made, Pherecr.143:—Pass., χύτρα κεκεραμευμένη ὑπὸ ἀγαθοῦ κεραμέως Pl.Hp.Ma.288d, cf. Nicostr.Com.10.
