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ἐπέρεισις

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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: epéreisis Transliteration B: epereisis Transliteration C: epereisis Beta Code: e)pe/reisis

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A pressure, Dsc.5.77, Sor.2.10, Heliod. ap. Orib.10.37.7, Gal.2.386; of the objects of sense, impact, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.233, al.

German (Pape)

[Seite 917] ἡ, das Daraufstützen, -stämmen, χειρός, ποδός, Sext. Emp. Pyrrh. 1, 54 adv. log. 1, 220; das Richten des Auges worauf, Clem. Al.