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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)

sēmĭ-cinctĭum: ii, n.,
I a semi-girdle, a narrow girdle or apron, Mart. 14, 153 in lemm.; Petr. 94, 8 (al. hemicyclo); Isid. Orig. 19, 33; Vulg. Act. 19, 12; cf. semifunium.