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τετράπεζος

From LSJ

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: tetrápezos Transliteration B: tetrapezos Transliteration C: tetrapezos Beta Code: tetra/pezos

English (LSJ)

τετράπεζον, (πέζα) four-footed, Orph.L.747.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1098] vierfüßig, Orph. Lith. 741.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

τετράπεζος: [ᾰ], -ον, (πέζα) ὁ ἔχων τέσσαρας πόδας, τεράπους, Ὀρφ. Λιθ. 741.

Greek Monolingual

-ον, Α
αυτός που έχει τέσσερα πόδια, τετράποδος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < τετρ(α)- + -πεζος (< πέζα < πεδjα, δωρ. τ. της λ. πούς), πρβλ. ἑξάπεζος].