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Τὸ νικᾶν αὐτὸν αὑτὸν πασῶν νικῶν πρώτη τε καὶ ἀρίστη → The first and best victory is to conquer self.

Plato, Laws, 626e

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sēmĭ-cinctĭum: ii, n.,
I a semi-girdle, a narrow girdle or apron, Mart. 14, 153 in lemm.; Petr. 94, 8 (al. hemicyclo); Isid. Orig. 19, 33; Vulg. Act. 19, 12; cf. semifunium.