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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)

fūmĭfĭcus: a, um, adj. id.,
I making or causing smoke, smoking, steaming (poet): faces, Prud. στεφ. 3, 118: mugitus (taurorum), Ov. M. 7, 114 (shortly before: Vulcanum naribus efflant): Epeum fumificum, qui legioni nostrae habet Coctum cibum, making smoke, cooking (acc. to others, busied in smoke), Plaut. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 38.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

fūmĭfĭcus, a, um, qui fait de la fumée, qui émet de la vapeur : Pl. d. Varro L. 7, 38 ; Ov. M. 7, 114 ; Prud. Perist. 3, 118.