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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: periíptamai Transliteration B: periiptamai Transliteration C: periiptamai Beta Code: perii/ptamai

English (LSJ)

later form for περιπέτομαι, Arist.HA542b24, D.C. 58.5, Alex.Trall.Febr.4.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

περιίπταμαι: μεταγεν. τύπος τοῦ περιπέτομαι, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 5. 9, 2, Δίων Κ. 58. 5, κτλ.

Greek Monolingual

ΝΜΑ
πετώ επάνω και γύρω από κάτι.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < περι- + ἵπταμαι «πετώ»].