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Τὸ νικᾶν αὐτὸν αὑτὸν πασῶν νικῶν πρώτη τε καὶ ἀρίστη → The first and best victory is to conquer self.

Plato, Laws, 626e

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

Ἀδώνια: τά, ὁ θρῆνος ὁ διὰ τὸν Ἄδωνιν τελούμενος κατ’ ἐνιαυτὸν ὑπὸ τῶν Ἑλληνίδων δεσποινῶν, Κρατῖν. ἐν «Βουκόλοις» 2, πρβλ. Ἄδωνις: - Ἐντεῦθεν Ἀδωνιάζουσαι (ὡς εἰ ἐκ ῥήματος Ἀδωνιάζω = ἑορτάζω, τελῶ τὰ Ἀδώνια)· ἐπιγραφὴ τοῦ 15ου εἰδυλλ. τοῦ Θεοκρίτου.