assuetudo
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
Latin > English
assuetudo assuetudinis N F :: custom, habit; repeated practice/experience/association; intimacy, intercourse
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
assŭētūdo: (ads-; v. assuesco
I init.), ĭnis, f. assuetus, a being accustomed to a thing, custom, habit.
I In gen. (rare; not in Cic.): amor adsuetudinis, Varr. L. L. 9, § 20 Müll.: longāque alit assuetudine flammas, Ov. M. 10, 173: Nil adsuetudine majus, id. A. A. 2, 345: adsuetudo mali, Liv. 25, 26, 5; 27, 39; 44, 5: seu naturā sive adsuetudine suspensa et obscura verba, Tac. A. 1, 11: confarreandi adsuetudo, id. ib. 4, 16: adsuetudo voluptatum, id. H. 2, 62: malorum, id. A. 6, 40: furandi, Gell. 11, 18, 17. —
II Esp. in mal. part. (v. assuesco, II.), Tac. A. 13, 46.
Latin > German (Georges)
assuētūdo (ad-suētūdo), inis, f. (assuesco), I) die Gewöhnung an etw., die Angewöhnung, Gewohnheit, amor assuetudinis, Varr. LL.: ass. cotidiana, Liv.: XII annorum, Liv.: succedendi, Liv.: confarreandi, Tac.: furandi, Gell.: voluptatum, Tac.: laborum, maxime frigoris, Mela 3, 3, 2 (3. § 26): assuetudine mali animum efferare, Liv.: Ggstz., Tiberio, seu naturā sive assuetudine, suspensa semper et obscura verba, Tac. ann. 1, 11. – II) insbes., die Gewöhnung an eine Geliebte, der Umgang mit einer Geliebten, Actes, Tac. ann. 13, 46.
