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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

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

λῇδος: Δωρ. λᾷδος, -εος, τό, εὐτελὲς τριβώνιονχλαμύδιον παλαιόν, κυρίως ὡς τὸ θέριστρον, εὐτελὲς ἱμάτιον θερινόν, Ἀλκμὰν 96· συνηθέστερον ἐν τοῖς ὑποκοριστ. τύποις, λῄδιον ἢ λῃδίον, τό, καὶ λῃδάριον, ἃ ἴδε. - Κοινῶς φέρεται λῆδος, λήδιον ἄνευ τοῦ ὑπογραφομένου ι, καὶ ὁ τελευταῖος τύπος ἀπαντᾷ ἐν δοκίμῳ τινὶ Ἀττ. ἐπιγραφῇ (Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 155. 45)· ἀλλὰ παρ’ Ἡσυχ. εὑρίσκομεν τοὺς τύπους λαῖδος, λῄδιον.