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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)

cŏris: is or ĭdos, f., = κορίς,
I a plant, a species of hypericon, Plin. 26, 8, 51, § 86.— Also the seed of it, Plin. 26, 8, 73, § 119.