πλοκαμίς
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)
ῖδος, ἡ, poet. for sq.,
A lock or braid of hair, Euph.140, Bion 1.20, Nonn.D.4.133, 5.385: collectively in sg., braided hair, τοῦ τὰν πλοκαμῖδα φορεῦντος Theoc.13.7. II = πλεκτάνη 11, in pl., Opp.H.2.125, C.3.179.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πλοκᾰμίς: -ῖδος, ἡ, ποιητ. ἀντὶ πλόκαμος, πλεξίδα μαλλίων, κατὰ τὸ πλεῖστον γυναικείας κόμης, ἐν τῷ πληθ., Βίων 1. 20, Εὐφορίων 52, κατὰ τὸν Σχολ. «τοῦ φέροντος πλόκαμον, τοῦ ἔχοντος τὰς τρίχας πεπλεγμένας», περιληπτικῶς ἐν τῷ ἑνικῷ, «σγουρὰ μαλλ~ιά», κόμη οὔλη, τῶ τὰν πλοκαμῖδα φορεῦντος Θεόκρ. 13. 7. ― Κατὰ τὸν Φώτ. (σ. 434, 22): «πλοκαμίς, ὁ οὖλος βόστρυχος... καὶ τῶν τριχῶν ἡ ἐμπλοκή».
