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ἐπίκλαυτος

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: epíklautos Transliteration B: epiklautos Transliteration C: epiklaftos Beta Code: e)pi/klautos

English (LSJ)

ἐπίκλαυτον, tearful, νόμος Ar.Ra.684 (lyr.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 949] weinerlich, kläglich, ἀηδόνιος νόμος Ar. Ran. 682.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ος, ον :
lamentable.
Étymologie: ἐπικλάω².

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἐπίκλαυτος: жалобный, скорбный (νόμος ἀηδόνιος Arph.).

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐπίκλαυτος: -ον, «γοερός, θρηνητικὸς» (Σουΐδ.)˙ κελαδεῖ δ’ ἐπίκλαυτον ἀηδόνιον νόμον Ἀριστοφ. Βάτρ. 684.

Greek Monolingual

ἐπίκλαυτος, -ον (Α)
θρηνητικός, κλαψιάρικος, ελεγειακός («κελαδεῖ δ’ ἐπίκλαυτον ἀηδόνιον νόμον», Αριστοφ.).

Greek Monotonic

ἐπίκλαυτος: -ον, θρηνητικός, ένδακρυς, γοερός, σε Αριστοφ.

Middle Liddell

ἐπί-κλαυτος, ον
tearful, Ar.