superincumbo

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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

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sŭpĕr-incumbo: cŭbŭi, 3, v. n.,
I to lay or cast one's self upon, Ov. H. 11, 57; 11, 117.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

sŭpĕrincumbō,¹⁶ cŭbŭī, ĕre, intr., se coucher par-dessus : Col. Rust. 6, 17, 1 ; Ov. H. 11, 57.

Latin > German (Georges)

super-incumbo, cubuī, ere, sich darauflegen, Verg. Aen. 5, 858. Ov. her. 11, 57 u. 117 (von Ribbeck u. Ehwald getrennt geschr.). Colum. 6, 17, 1. Augustin. serm. 122, 5.

Latin > English

superincumbo superincumbere, superincumbui, - V :: lean over