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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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English (LSJ)

Arc. ἀπυτείω IG5(2).6.43 (Tegea, iv B.C.), fut. -τείσω: aor. -έτεισα; Thess. 3sg. aor. imper. ἀππεισάτον ib.9(2).1229 (ii B.C.):—

   A repay, τιμὴν δ' Ἀργείοις ἀποτινέμεν Il.3.286; εὐεργεσίας ἀποτίνειν Od.22.235.    2 pay for a thing, πρὶν . . μνηστῆρας ὑπερβασίην σίην ἀποτεῖσαι ib.13.193; Πατρόκλοιο δ' ἕλωρα . . ἀποτείσῃ may atone for making a prey of Patroclus, Il.18.93; σύν τε μεγάλῳ ἀπέτεισαν made atonement with a great price, ib.4.161; ἀ. αἷμα A.Ag.1338 (lyr.); πληγὰς τῶν ὑπεραύχων S.Ant.1352.    3 more freq., pay in full, τίσιν οὐκ ἀποτείσει Orac. ap. Hdt.5.56, cf. 3.109; ζημίην Id.2.65; ἀργύριον Ar.V.1255; ἐγγύας Antipho 2.2.12, cf. 5.63; χρήματα Lys. 1.29; ἀξίαν Luc.DMort.30.1; ἀπότεισον pay the wager! Ar.Pl.1059; in Law παθεῖν ἢ ἀποτεῖσαι are opposed to denote personal or pecuniary penalties, e.g. Lexap. D.21.47, cf. ib.25; τί ἄξιός εἰμι παθεῖν ἢ ἀ.; Pl.Ap.36b, cf.Plt.299a, Lg.843b, al.    4 c. acc. pers., ἀλάστωρ . . τόνδ' ἀπέτεισεν made him the price, A.Ag.1503 (lyr.).    5 τὸ πεπρωμένον ἀ. pay the debt of fate, i.e. die, Epigr.Gr.509 (Thess.).    II Med., ἀποτίνομαι, poet. ἀποτίνῠμαι (freq. written -τίννυμαι) Il.16.398, Hes.Op.247 (s.v.l.), Thgn.362, Hdt.6.65: fut. -τείσομαι:—to get paid one, exact or require a penalty from, πόλεων δ' ἀπετίνυτο ποινήν Il.16.398, etc.: c. dupl. acc., ἀποτείσασθαι δίκην ἐχθρούς E. Heracl.852; δέκα τάλαντ' ἀ. Eup.317 (dub.), etc.    2 c. acc. pers., ἀποτείσασθαί τινα avenge oneself on another, punish him, Od.5.24, X. Cyr.5.4.35, etc.    3 c. acc. rei, take vengeance for a thing, punish it, εἴ κέ ποτέ σφι βίας ἀποτείσεται Od.3.216, cf. 16.255; τὰ παράνομα . . θεὸς ἀ. Ar.Th.684: c. gen. rei, ἀ. τῶν . . ἱρῶν κατακαυθέντων Hdt.6.101, v. supr.1.2: abs., take vengeance, Thgn. l.c., Sol.4.16. [ἀποτίνω] has ῑ by position before νϝ in Ep., ῐ in Att. For ἀποτίνυμαι, which has ῑ by nature, ἀποτείνυμαι should perh. be read in early texts; cf. foreg.]