λώβη
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)
ἡ,
A outrage, dishonour, αἶσχος λώβη τε 18.225; λώβην λωβᾶσθαι (v. λωβάομαι) ; τείσετε λ. ye shall pay for the outrage, Il.11.142; ἀπὸ πᾶσαν ἐμοὶ δόμεναι . . λ. 9.387; but λ. τείσασθαι exact retribution for an outrage, i.e. avenge it, 19.208, Od.20.169, S.Aj.181 (lyr.); ἐπὶ λώβᾳ for ruin or destruction, Id.Ant.792 (lyr.), cf. E.Hec.647 (lyr.); ὡς ἐπὶ λώβᾳ Id.HF882 (lyr.); λ. καὶ διαφθορά Pl.Men.91c, etc.; esp. mutilation, maiming, Hdt.3.154: pl., S.Aj.1392; λώβας λωβηθείς Pl.Grg.473c. 2 of persons, a disgrace, λώβην τ' ἔμεναι καὶ ὑπόψιον Il.3.42, cf. E.El.165 (lyr.), Herod.7.95; ποιητῶν λῶβαι, of the Grammarians, AP11.322 (Antiphan.); οὐ γὰρ Ἀρκάδεσσι λώβα no insult to the Arcadians, Alc. 38. II a form of leprosy, Gal.14.757.
