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εὔπταιστος

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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: eúptaistos Transliteration B: euptaistos Transliteration C: eyptaistos Beta Code: eu)/ptaistos

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A easily stumbling: metaph., unreliable, of words as compared with facts, Hp.Praec.2.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1091] leicht Anstoß gebend, gefährlich, Hippocr.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

εὔπταιστος: -ον, εὐκόλως πταίων, σφαλλόμενος, ἀσταθής, σφαλερός, Ἰππ. 26. 19.

Greek Monolingual

εὔπταιστος, -ον (Α)
1. αυτός που σφάλλει εύκολα
2. (για λόγια σε σχέση με τις πράξεις) αναξιόπιστος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ευ + πταιστός (< πταίω)].