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πάμφθαρτος

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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: pámphthartos Transliteration B: pamphthartos Transliteration C: pamfthartos Beta Code: pa/mfqartos

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A all-destroying, μόρος A.Ch.296.

German (Pape)

[Seite 455] allverderbend, Alle zu Grunde richtend, μόρος, Aesch. Ch. 294.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

πάμφθαρτος: -ον, ὁ τὰ πάντα φθείρων, ὀλέθριος, μόρος Αἰσχύλ. Χο. 296.