ἀψόρροος
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)
ον, contr.ἀψίνθ-ρρους, ουν, (ἄψ, ῥέω) back-flowing, refluent, Homeric epithet of Ocean, regarded as a stream encircling the earth and flowing back into itself, Il.18.399, Od.20.65.
French (Bailly abrégé)
οος, οον;
qui reflue sur soi-même (l'Océan).
Étymologie: ἄψ, ῥέω.
English (Autenrieth)
(ὄρνῦμι): returning, back again, back; with verbs of motion, ἄψορροι ἐκίομεν, Il. 21.456; mostly neut. sing. as adv., ἄψορρον βῆναι, καταβῆναι, προσέφην, Od. 9.501.
(ῥέω): back-flowing; of the stream of Oceanus that returns into itself, Il. 18.399†.
Spanish (DGE)
-ον
que refluye, refluyente θυγάτηρ ἀψορρόου Ὠκεανοῖο Il.18.399, cf. Od.20.65, Hes.Th.776, Hp. en Erot.22.4, a causa de las mareas, Posidon.216; cf. ἀψίρροος.
Greek Monotonic
ἀψόρροος: -ον, συνηρ. -ρους, -ουν (ἄψ, ῥέω), αυτός που ρέει προς τα πίσω, αυτός που ρέει πάλι προς τα πίσω, λέγεται για τον Ωκεανό, που θεωρείται ως ποτάμι που κυκλώνει τη γη και ρέει προς τα πίσω στις εκβολές του, σε Όμηρ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἀψόρροος: стяж. ἀψόρρους 2 текущий вспять, т. е. обтекающий кругом (эпитет Океана) Hom.
Middle Liddell
[ἄψ, ῥέω]
backflowing, refluent, of Ocean, regarded as a stream encircling the earth and flowing back into itself, Hom.
