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μαῖρα

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

French (Bailly abrégé)

ας (ἡ) :
1 chienne en parl. d'Hécube, changée en chienne;
2 la canicule.
Étymologie: DELG μαρμαίρω.

German (Pape)

(s. Μαῖρα), so heißt der Hundsstern, eigentlich der Funkelnde, bes. bei sp.D.; ὑπὸ μαίρῃ εὐάνεμον, von einer Insel, Crinag. 23 (IX.555); Nonn. D. 5.221; Lycophr. 269.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

μαῖρα: ион. μαίρηзвезда Сириус Anth.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: dog-star
See also: s. μαρμαίρω.

Frisk Etymology German

μαῖρα: {maĩra}
Grammar: f.
Meaning: Hundstern
See also: s. μαρμαίρω.
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