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χαμεύνη

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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: chameúnē Transliteration B: chameunē Transliteration C: chameyni Beta Code: xameu/nh

English (LSJ)

ἡ, for χαμαιεύνη,

   A a bed on the ground, A.Ag.1540 (anap.), S.Fr.175, E.Rh.852, Theoc.13.33, A.R.4.883, Herod.3.16; χ. φυλλόστρωτος E.Rh.9 (anap.).    2 generally, bedstead, Ar.Av.816.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

χᾰμεύνη: ἡ, ἀντὶ χαμαιεύνη, στιβάς, εὐνὴ ἢ κοίτη ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐδάφους, κατὰ γῆς ἐστρωμένη, Αἰσχύλ. Ἀγ. 1540, Εὐρ. Ρῆσ. 9. 849, Θεόκρ. 13. 33. 2) καθόλου, κλίνη, Ἀριστοφ. Ὄρν. 816.