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ἐπινήχομαι

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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: epinḗchomai Transliteration B: epinēchomai Transliteration C: epinichomai Beta Code: e)pinh/xomai

English (LSJ)

Dor.ἐπινεφελ-νάχ-[ᾱ],

   A swim upon, πόντῳ Batr.107, cf.Cerc. 17.11; flow over, τοῖς πεδίοις Hdn.8.4.3; παιδὸς ἐπενάχετο φωνά floated on the stream, Theoc.23.61; float, ὑγρὸν -όμενον ταῖς κρήναις Dsc.1.73, cf. Sor.1.115, Alex.Aphr.Pr.1.22; opp. καταδύεσθαι, Gp. 7.8.2; of Noah, Ph.1.455; ἀέρι ib.602: metaph., ib.166, Dam.Pr. 270.    2. swim to or over to, c. acc., Call.Del.21.    3. swim against, attack, ἄλλῳ ἐ. ἄλλος πότμον ἄγων Opp.H.2.46.

German (Pape)

[Seite 965] darauf-, darüber hin schwimmen, πόντῳ Batrach. 106; ἐπενάχετο Theocr. 23, 61; Leon. Al. 15 (IX, 42); auch Hdn. 8, 4, 11; – an Etwas heranschwimmen, νῆσον Callim. Del. 21.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐπινήχομαι: μέλλ. -ξομαι, Ἀποθ., νήχομαι, κολυμβῶ εἰς τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν, μέσῳ δ’ ἐπενήχετο πόντῳ Βατραχομ. 107· πλημμυρίζω, κατακλύζω, τοῖς πεδίοις Ἡρῳδιαν. 8. 4· παιδὸς δ’ ἐπενάχετο φωνά, ὅ. ἐ. ἀνήρχοντο ἐκ τοῦ κάτω κόσμου, Θεόκρ. 23. 61· ἁπλῶς, ἐπιπολάζω, ἐπιπλέω, Φίλων 1. 14. 2) κολυμβῶ πρὸς ἢ εἰς, μετ’ αἰτ., Σαρδὼ θ’ ἱμερόεσσα, καὶ ἣν ἐπενήξατο Κύπρις Καλλ. εἰς Δῆλ. 21.