ἐρείπιον
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)
τό, (ἐρείπω)
A fallen ruin, wreck, Arist.Rh.1413a6, Aristid. Or.49(25).42, Opp.H.5.324: generally in pl., ναυτικὰ ἐ. wreckage, A. Ag.660,Fr.274, E.Hel.1080 ; θραύμασίν τ' ἐρειπίων A.Pers.425; ruins, οἰκημάτων, [τειχέων], Hdt.2.154,4.124 ; δόμων E.Ba.7; ἐρείπια alone, ἐν τοῖς Κιμωνίοις ἐ. Cratin.151 ; ἐ. χλανιδίων fragments of garments, Trag.Adesp.7; πέπλων E.Tr.1025 ; νεκρῶν ἐ. dead carcasses, S.Aj.308, E.Fr.266.—Poet.and later Prose (exc. Arist.and Hdt.ll.cc.), D.H. 1.14,CIG2700e (Mylasa), Paus.10.38.13, Aristid. l.c., etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1024] τό, im sing. bei Arist. rhet. 3, 11 Opp. H. 5, 324, sonst plur., das Eingestürzte, Trümmer, ναυτικά Aesch. Ag. 646, wie Eur. Hel. 1080; ἐρειπίων θραύσματα, Stücke von Schiffstrümmern, Aesch. Pers. 417; δόμων, Häusertrümmer, Ruinen, Eur. Bacch. 7; Plut. Camill. 28 σκηνοῦντας ἐν ἐρειπίοις, u. a.Sp.; ἐν πέπλων ἐρειπίοις, Ueberbleibsel, Lumpen, Eur. Tr. 1025, wie λεπτῶν χλανιδίων Soph. frg. 400; ἐρείπια νεκρῶν, Ueberbleibsel, Leichen der getödteten Thiere, Ai. 301; ἐρ. ὠμηστῆρος Opp. Hal. 5, 324.
