Ἀδώνιος
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, rare form of Ἄδωνις, Plu.2.756c. II as Adj., ος, ον, of Adonis:—hence Ἀδώνιον, τό, a statue of Adonis borne in the Adonia, Suid. 2 (sub. μέτρον) a kind of verse, consisting of a dactyl and spondee, Sacerd.p.516 K. 3 = Ἄδωνις III, Plin.HN21.60.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Ἀδώνιος: ὁ, σπάν. τύπος τοῦ Ἄδωνις, Meineke Κωμ. Ἀποσπ. 2. σ. 188, Πλούτ. 2. 206C. ΙΙ. ὡς ἐπίθ. -ος, -ον, τοῦ Ἀδώνιδος· ὅθεν: 1) Ἀδώνιον, τό, ἄγαλμα αὐτοῦ φερόμενον κατὰ τὰ Ἀδώνια, Σουΐδ. 2) (ἐν λ. μέτρον) εἶδος στίχου συγκειμένου ἐκ δακτύλου καὶ σπονδείου, Ἕρμαν. El. Metr. 715.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
d’Adonis ; τὰ Ἀδώνια fêtes d’Adonis.
Étymologie: Ἄδωνις.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, ὁ
• Prosodia: [ᾰ-]
1 Adonis Sapph.117B, Ar.Fr.759, Cratin.404, Pherecr.213, Pl.Com.4, Suppl.Mag.63.8.
2 Adonio n. de mes en Nacona IGDS 206.2, 9 (III a.C.) (cf. Ἀδωνιών).
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Ἀδώνιος: II ὁ стих. адонисов стих (– ∪ ∪ / – –).
адонисов Plut.
