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πολύτροφος

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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: polýtrophos Transliteration B: polytrophos Transliteration C: polytrofos Beta Code: polu/trofos

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A well-fed, plump, Thphr.CP4.3.5, Plu.Lyc.17, Ptol.Tetr.163.    II parox. πολυτρόφος, ον, Act., supplying food, Δάματερ π. Call.Cer.2; [γαῖα] Mém. Miss.Arch.Perse20.90 (Susa, Hymn to Apollo).    2 nutritious, τυρός Dsc.2.71, cf. Anon.Lond.31.9 (Comp.), Xenocr. ap. Orib.2.58.19, Gal.6.261.

German (Pape)

[Seite 675] sehr od. stark genährt, fett, gemästet; Theophr.; Plut. Lyc. 17; – mit verändertem Tone πολυτρόφος, sehr nährend, nahrhaft, z. B. οἶνος, Ath. VI, 298 c, öfter.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

πολύτροφος: -ον, ὁ πολὺ τεθραμμένος, παχύς, εὔσαρκος, Πλουτ. Λυκοῦργ. 17, κτλ. ΙΙ. παροξύτ. πολυτρόφος, ον, ἐνεργ., ὁ παρέχων τροφὴν πολλήν, ἄφθονον, Δάματερ π. Καλλ. εἰς Δήμ. 2· ― ὁ πολὺ τρέφων, θρεπτικός, τυρός, κτλ., Διοσκ. 2. 80, κτλ.