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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)

Ĕpĭdĭus: ii, m.
I A Roman rhetorician, teacher of M. Antony and Augustus, Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243; Suet. Rhet. 4.—
II Marullus, a tribune of the people in the time of Caesar, Suet. Caes. 79 sq.† ‡ ĕpĭdixis, is, f., = ἐπίδειζις, a specimen of acting, Inscr. Orell. 2620.