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
dĭŏpĕtes: is, m., = διοπετής (falling from heaven): rana,
I a sort of frog, rainfrog, called also, calamites, Plin. 32, 7, 24, § 70; 32, 10, 50, § 139.