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honestamentum

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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)

hŏnestāmentum: i, n. honesto,
I an ornament, grace (rare; not in Cic.): nullo honestamento eget virtus, Sen. Ep. 66, 2.— In plur.: omnia honestamenta pacis, Sall. Or. ad Caes. 2: morum, App. Mag. p. 276: orationis, Gell. 10, 26, 4; Cod. Theod. 12, 1, 4.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

hŏnestāmentum,¹⁶ ī, n., embellissement : Sen. Ep. 66, 2 || ornement : Gell. 10, 26, 4.