ἑλλέβορος
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)
Ion. ἐλλ-, ὁ,
A hellebore, Hp.Acut.23, Aph.4.13, Thphr. HP9.10.1, etc. (ἑ. λευκός white hellebore, Veratrum album, Dsc.4.148; ἑ. μέλας hellebore, Helleborus orientalis (or cyclophyllus), ib.162); given to the insane, Hp.Vict.1.35: hence, πῖθ' ἑλλέβορον, i.e. you are mad, Ar.V.1489; ἑλλέβορον ἤδη πώποτ' ἔπιες; Men.69 (prob.l.); ἐλλέβορον πῖσαι Hp.Fract.11, cf. Str.9.3.3, etc.; πικρότερον ἑλλεβόρου AP5.28 (Cillactor). 2 = σησαμοειδὲς τὸ μέγα, Dsc.4.149. II = ἐλλόβιον, of women, Ar.Fr.320.6, Nicostr.33, cf. Hsch.
