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ἐπιφορβέω

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

German (Pape)

[Seite 1001] davon leiten Einige ἐπεφόρβει ab H. h. Herc. 105, was auch plusqpf. von φέρβω sein kann.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐπιφορβέω: (φέρβω) τρέφω· ἀλλ’ ἐν Ὁμ. Ὕμν. εἰς Ἑρμ. 105, βοτάνης ἐπεφόρβει βοῦς, ὀρθότερον εἶναι νὰ ἐκληφθῇ ὡς ὑπερσ. τοῦ φέρβω.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἐπιφορβέω: кормить (βοτάνης βοῦς HH).