πολιστής
From LSJ
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)
πολιστοῦ, ὁ, (πολίζω) founder of a city, rejected by Poll.9.6.
German (Pape)
[Seite 656] ὁ, der Erbauer einer Stadt; Eur. frg. bei Lycurg. 24; Ios.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πολιστής: -οῦ, ὁ, (πολίζω) ὁ οἰκιστής, θεμελιωτὴς πόλεως, λέξις ἀποδοκιμαζομένη ὑπὸ τοῦ Πολυδ. Θ΄, 6, «οἰκιστής, οἰκίζων, πολίζων, οὐ μὴν καὶ πολιστὴς καὶ κτίζων καὶ κτίστης»· ἀλλ’ ἴσως πρέπει καὶ νὰ ἀποκατασταθῇ (ἀντὶ τοῦ πλείστοις) ἐν Ἰωσήπ. Ἰουδ. Ἀρχ. 18. 1, 5, πρβλ. Στράβ. 296.
