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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)

v. intrans.

P. and V. ἀγωνίζεσθαι (dat. or πρός, acc.), ἁμιλλᾶσθαι (olat. or πρός, acc.), ἐρίζειν (dat.), μάχεσθαι (dat. or πρός, acc.), V. ἐξαγωνίζεσθαι (dat.), ἐξαμιλλᾶσθαι (dat.), P. διαμιλλᾶσθαι (dat. or πρός, acc.), ἀνταγωνίζεσθαι (dat.).

What is now left of the land can vie with any other in richness and fertility: P. τὸ νῦν αὐτῆς (γῆς) λείψανον ἐνάμιλλόν ἐστι πρὸς ἡντινοῦν τῷ πάμφορον εὔκαρπόν τε εἶναι (Plat., Critias, 110E).