Empedocles
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
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ἐμπεδοκλῆς, -κλέους, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Empĕdŏcles: is (
I gen. -cli, Gell. 4, 11, 9; acc. -clem, Cic. Ac. 1, 12, 44; -clen, id. ib. 2, 5, 14 al.), m., = Ἐμπεδοκλῆς, a famous natural philosopher of Agrigentum, about 460 B. C., Lucr. 1, 716 sq.; Cic. N. D. 1, 12; id. de Or. 1, 50, 217; id. Tusc. 1, 9, 19; Quint. 1, 4, 4; 3, 1, 8; Plin. 29, 1, 4, § 5; Gell. 17, 21, 14; Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 20; id. A. P. 465.—Hence,
II Empĕdoclēus, a, um, adj., Empedoclean: sanguis (acc. to his doctrine, the soul), Cic. Tusc. 1, 17 fin.— Subst.: Empĕdoclēa, ōrum, n., Empedoclean doctrines, id. Q. Fr. 2, 11 fin.>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Empĕdŏclēs,¹⁴ is, m. (Ἐμπεδοκλῆς), Empédocle philosophe d’Agrigente] : Cic. Tusc. 1, 19 || -ēus, a, um, d’Empédocle : Cic. Tusc. 1, 41 ; Empedoclea, n. pl. Cic. Q. 2, 11, 3, doctrine d’Empédocle.
Latin > German (Georges)
Empedoclēs, is u. ī, Akk. em u. ēn u. ea, m. (Εμπεδοκλης), ein berühmter griechischer Philosoph u. Dichter aus Agrigentum (Girgenti) auf Sizilien, Lehrer des Gorgias, Verfasser eines Gedichtes über die Natur der Dinge, Lucr. 1, 716 sq. Cic. de or. 1, 217. Hor. ep. 1, 12, 20. – Genet. -clī, Gell . 4, 11. § 9 u. 10. Apul. apol. 27: Akk. -clem, Cic. Acad. 1, 12, 44 u. de nat. deor. 1, 93. Cels. 1. praef. p. 2, 13 D.: Akk. -clēn, Cic. Acad. 2, 14: griech. Akk. -clea, Quint. 1, 4, 4 H. – Dav.
