βομβέω
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)
(βόμβος)
A make a booming noise; in Hom. always of falling bodies, τρυφάλεια χαμαὶ βόμβησε πεσοῦσα Il.13.530; αἰχμὴ χαλκείη χαμάδις βόμβ. πες. 16.118, cf. Od.18.397; βόμβησαν . . κατὰ ῥόον the oars fell with a loud noise... 12.204; βόμβησεν δὲ λίθος the stone flew humming through the air, 8.190; of the sea, roar, Simon. 1; of thunder, roll, rumble, Nonn.D.1.301; hum, of bees, etc., Arist.HA535b6, 627a24, Theoc.3.13, Pl.R.564d; βομβεῖ δὲ νεκρῶν σμῆνος S.Fr.879; of mosquitoes, buzz, Ar.Pl.538; of birds, λιγυρὸν βομβεῦσιν ἀκανθίδες AP5.291 (Agath.): generally of sound, buzz in one's ears, Pl.Cri.54d; but ὦτα βομβεῖ μοι Luc.DMeretr.9.2: c. dat. instr., κόχλῳ β. Nonn.D.36.93.
