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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)

vulnĕrātĭo: (voln-), ōnis, f. vulnero,
I a wounding, wound.
I Lit., Cic. Caecin. 16, 47; Hirt. B. G. 8, 47; Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, 27.—
II Trop., an injuring, injury: famae, salutis, Cic. Pis. 20, 47.