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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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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

aesălōn: ōnis, m., = αἰσάλων>,
I a species of falcon or hawk; acc. to Billerbeck, the rust-kite, moor-buzzard, Falco aeruginosus, Linn., Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 205.