Ask at the forum if you have an Ancient or Modern Greek query!

ἰλλώπτω

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
Click links below for lookup in third sources:
Full diacritics: ἰλλώπτω Medium diacritics: ἰλλώπτω Low diacritics: ιλλώπτω Capitals: ΙΛΛΩΠΤΩ
Transliteration A: illṓptō Transliteration B: illōptō Transliteration C: illopto Beta Code: i)llw/ptw

English (LSJ)

Com.Adesp.1019, Adam.1.23, Hsch. (For the termination cf. γοργώψατο.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 1251] (oder unmittelbar von ἰλλός abgeleitet, vgl. Lob. Phryn. p. 607), die Augen verdrehen, blinzeln, liebäugeln, Sp., Poll. 2, 52. Vgl. die compp.

Greek Monolingual

ἰλλώπτω (Α)·. ιλλωπίζω.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ἰλλός + -ώπτω (πρβλ. ηρώπτω, σκώπτω)].