ἀρχός
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)
ὁ,
A leader, chief, εἷς δέ τις ἀρχὸς ἀνήρ Il.1.144: c. gen., νηῶν 2.493; οἰωνῶν Pi.P.1.7; ruler, Τειχιούσσης SIG3d (Milet., vi B. C.); πόλεως (opp. ἔτης), prob. in E.Fr.1014. 2 = ἄρχων, IG7.3301, al. 3 ἀ. ἑῴας, = dux Orientis, ib.14.1073 (iv A. D.). 4 of a god, SIG56.26 (Argos, v B. C.). II the rectum, Hp.Aph.5.58, Arist. HA507a33, Theol.Ar.51. 2 the anus, Hp.Haem.2, Epid.5.20.
German (Pape)
[Seite 366] ὁ, 1) der Anführer, oft bei Hom., z. B. Iliad. 1, 144. 311. 2, 493. 541. 618 Od. 4, 629. 653. 8, 162. 391. 10, 204. 21, 187; ἵππων, οἰωνῶν Pind. Ol. 7, 71 P. 1, 7; Tragg.; nach Dion. Hal. 5, 74 bes. bei den Thessaliern üblich. – 2) der After, Arist. H. A. 2, 17.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀρχός: ὁ, ἀρχηγός, ἄρχων, ἡγεμών, κυβερνήτης, εἷς δέ τις ἀρχὸς ἀνήρ βουληφόρος ἔστω Ἰλ. Α. 144· μετὰ γεν. ἀρχούς αὖ νηῶν ἐρέω νῆάς τε προπάσας Β. 493, κτλ. Πινδ. ΙΙ. 1. 13, κτλ. ΙΙ. τὸ ὀρθὸν ἔντερον, ἐπὶ ἀρχῷ φλεγμαίνοντι καὶ ὑστέρῃ φλεγμαινούσῃ Ἱππ. Ἀφ. 1255, Ἀριστ. Ἱστ. Ζ. 2. 17, 7 κ. ἄλλ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
οῦ (ὁ) :
1 guide;
2 chef ; qui est le premier, le plus puissant.
Étymologie: ἄρχω.
