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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

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ŏrīgănum: and -on, i, n., and ŏrī-gănus, i, m., = ὀρείγανον, ὀρίγανον, and ὀρείγανος, or ὀρίγανος,
I the plant wild-marjoram, origan, Plin. 20, 17, 67, § 175; Ser. Samm. 47, 879.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ŏrīgănum ou -ŏn, ī, n. (-nus, ī, m. Samm. 879 ) (ὀρίγανον, ὀρίγανος), origan [plante] : Plin. 12, 89 ; Col. Rust. 9, 4, 2.