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μεθορμίζω

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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: methormízō Transliteration B: methormizō Transliteration C: methormizo Beta Code: meqormi/zw

English (LSJ)

   A remove from one anchorage to another, intr. (sc. νέας), μ. εἰς Σηστόν X.HG2.1.25; μ. σκάφος Iamb.VP3.17: metaph., τοῦ νῦν σκυθρωποῦ . . μεθορμιεῖ σε E.Alc.798; ἐξ ἕδρας μεθώρμισα [πλόκαμον] Id.Ba.931:—Med., μεθορμίσασθαι μόχθων πάρα to seek a refuge from... Id.Med.442 (lyr.), cf. 258; sail from one place to another, put out from, μετορυίζεσθαι ἐκ (or ἀπό) . . ἐς <*> Hdt.2.115, 7.183, cf. Th.6.88: metaph., πρὸς εὐσέβειαν cj. in Ph.2.219.