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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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Transliteration A: peristýphō Transliteration B: peristyphō Transliteration C: peristyfo Beta Code: peristu/fw

English (LSJ)

[ῡ],

   A dry up by astringents, τὸ δάκρυον Plu.2.659d.

German (Pape)

[Seite 595] durch anziehende Säure austrocknen, Plut. Symp. 3, 10, 3, δάκρυον.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

περιστύφω: [ῡ], στύφω, ἀποξηραίνω διὰ στυπτικῶν, Πλούτ. 2. 659C.

French (Bailly abrégé)

faire sécher en condensant, condenser.
Étymologie: περί, στύφω.

Greek Monolingual

Α
αποξηραίνω κάτι εντελώς με στυπτική ύλη.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < περι- + στύφω «συστέλλω, συμμαζεύω, είμαι στυφός»].

Russian (Dvoretsky)

περιστύφω: (ῡ) (о вяжущих веществах) вязать, стягивать, тж. высушивать (δάκρυον Plut.).