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ἕρπυλλος

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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: hérpyllos Transliteration B: herpyllos Transliteration C: erpyllos Beta Code: e(/rpullos

English (LSJ)

ὁ, poet. also ἡ, Theoc.Ep.1, AP4.1.54 (Mel.), Pancr. ap. Ath.15.677f:—

   A tufted thyme, Thymus Sibthorpii, Cratin.98, Ar.Pax168, Thphr.HP1.9.4, al., CP2.18.2, Dsc.3.38.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1034] ὁ, auch ἡ, Mel. 1 (IV, 1, 54); bei Ath. XV, 677 f 681 e; eine Pflanze, Quendel, eine rankende, immergrüne Staude, den Musen heilig u. häufig zu Kränzen benutzt, Ar. Pax 168; Nic. Ther. 67 u. öfter; Hosch. 2, 66 u. a. sp. D.; Arist. H. A. 9, 40; Theophr., auch mit einem λ geschrieben.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἕρπυλλος: ὁ, καὶ ποιητικῶς ἡ, Θεοκρ. Ἐπιγράμμ. 1, Ἀνθ. Π. 4. 1, 54, Παγκράτης παρ’ Ἀθην. 677F· εἶδος ἑρπυστικοῦ ἀειθαλοῦς φυτοῦ, Λατ. serpyllum, ἐξ οὗ κατεσκεύαζον στεφάνους· ἦν δὲ ἱερὸν ταῖς Μούσαις, Κρατῖνος ἐν «Μαλθακοῖς» 1, Ἀριστοφ. Εἰρ. 168. - Κατὰ Σουΐδ.: «ἕρπυλλος εἶδος ἄνθους, σαμψύχῳ ὅμοιον, ὃ μάλιστα ἐν τοῖς ὕδασι θάλλει. φυταρίου τι εἶδος· παρὰ τὸ ἕρπειν ταῖς ῥίζαις. ἔστι δὲ καὶ εὐωδέστατον».