superannuated

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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

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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adj.

P. ἔξωρος.

Old: P. and V. γεραιός; see old.

Old-fashioned: P. and V. ἀρχαῖος, παλαιός, P. ἀρχαιότροπος.

The superannuated, those too old to serve in the ranks: P. οἱ ἔξω τοῦ καταλόγου (Xen.).