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λυχνοῦχος

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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: lychnoûchos Transliteration B: lychnouchos Transliteration C: lychnoychos Beta Code: luxnou=xos

English (LSJ)

ὁ, (ἔχω)

   A lampstand, καὶ τὸν λ. ἔκφερ' ἐνθεὶς τὸν λύχνον Pherecr.40; διαστίλβονθ' ὁρῶμεν ὥσπερ ἐν καινῷ λ. Ar.Fr.8; ἐξελὼν ἐκ τοῦ λυχνούχου τὸν λύχνον Alex.102, cf. Lys.Fr.83.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

λυχνοῦχος: ὁ, (ἔχω) λυχνοστάτης ἐφ’ οὗ ὁ λύχνος ἐτοποθετεῖτο, καὶ τὸν λυχνοῦχον ἔκφερ’ ἐνθεὶς τὸν λύχνον Φερεκ. ἐν «Δουλοδιδασκάλῳ» 5· διαστίλβονθ’ ὁρῶμεν ὥσπερ ἐν καινῷ λυχνούχῳ Ἀριστοφ. Ἀποσπ. 114· ἐξελὼν ἐκ τοῦ λυχνούχου τὸν λύχνον Ἄλεξ. ἐν «Κηρυττομένῳ» 1, πρβλ. Λυσ. Ἀποσπ. 51, Bgk. ἐν Meineke Κωμ. Ἀποσπ. 2. σ 1060, Λοβ. Φρύν. 60.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ου (ὁ) :
flambeau ou lanterne.
Étymologie: λύχνος, ἔχω.

Greek Monolingual

λυχνοῡχος, ὁ (Α)
ο λυχνοστάτης («ἐξελὼν ἐκ τοῦ λυχνούχου τὸν λύχνον», Αλεξ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < λύχνος + -οῦχος (< ἔχω)].

Russian (Dvoretsky)

λυχνοῦχος: ὁ подставка для светильника Arph., Plut.