deascio
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
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dĕ-ascĭo: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. 1, ascio,
I to hew or cut with an axe, to smoothe.
I Lit. (late Lat.): deasciato stipiti, wrought, smoothed, Prud. στεφ. 10, 381.—
B To rub out, efface: hunc titulum, Murat. Inscr. 1203, 9.—
II Trop.: aliquem, to cheat, to chouse (cf. abrado), Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 11.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dĕascĭō, āvī, ātum, āre, tr., raboter, racler avec la doloire : Prud. Perist. 10, 381 || [fig.] escroquer : Pl. Mil. 884.
Latin > German (Georges)
de-ascio, āvī, ātum, āre, I) mit der Axt behauen, glätten, deasciatus stipes, Prud. perist. 10, 381. – II) mit der Mauerkelle abreiben, -vernichten, quisquis hunc titulum (monumenti) deasciaverit, Corp. inscr. Lat. 14, 1153. – scherzh. übtr., jmd. um sein Geld beschummeln, prellen, Plaut. mil. 884.
