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breviloquentia

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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)

brĕvĭlŏquentĭa: ae, f. brevis-loquentia,
I brevity of speech: breviloquentiam in dicendo colat, an expression of Cicero, censured by Seneca ap. Gell. 12, 2, 7.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

brĕvĭlŏquentĭa, æ, f., Cic. Rep. 5, 11, et -lŏquĭum, ĭī, n., Prisc. Gramm. 7, 46, brièveté, concision, laconisme.