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ἐμβατέω

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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
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Transliteration A: embatéō Transliteration B: embateō Transliteration C: emvateo Beta Code: e)mbate/w

English (LSJ)

= foreg., Nic.Th.147:—Med., Lyc.642.    II prob. f.l. for ἐμβοτ-, lead to pasture, AP7.657 (Leon.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 805] dasselbe, 1) betreten, ἀκτάς Lycophr. 642; Nic. Th. 847. – 2) bespringen, Leon. Tar. 98 (VII, 657).