Μαγνησία
From LSJ
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
Wikipedia EN
- Magnesia (hypothetical city), a future colony of Knossos, imagined in Plato's Laws
- Magnesia (regional unit), the southeastern area of Thessaly in central Greece
- Ancient Magnesia, a historical region of Greece with borders differing from the modern regional unit
- Magnesia ad Sipylum, a city of Lydia, now Manisa in Turkey
- Battle of Magnesia, 190 BC, the concluding battle of the Roman–Seleucid War
- Magnesia on the Maeander, an ancient Greek city in Anatolia
French (Bailly abrégé)
ας (ἡ) :
Magnésie :
I. presqu’île de Thessalie avec ville du même nom;
II. villes d'Asie Mineure;
1 Magnésie du Méandre, en Carie (auj. Inekbazar);
2 Magnésie du Sipyle, en Lydie (auj. Manissa ou Maneschir).
Étymologie: Μάγνης.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Μαγνησία: ἡ Магнесия
1 гористая область Фессалии Her., Aeschin. etc.;
2 Μ. πρὸς или ἐπὶ Μαιάνδρῳ, город в Карии, на р. Летей, притоке Меандра Her. etc.
