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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

German > Latin

auflodern, exardescere (eig., v. Brennstoffen; uneig., v. Leidenschaften). – oriri (aufgehen, v. der Flamme. Feuersbrunst, auch bildl., z. B. oriens belli incendium [Kriegsfackel]). – conflari (angefacht werden, v. der Feuersbrunst; uneig. v. Aufruhr, Krieg). – zum Himmel au., ad caelum tolli (v. der Flamme).