pompholyx

From LSJ
Revision as of 06:43, 14 August 2017 by Spiros (talk | contribs) (D_7)

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)

pomphŏlyx: ygis, f., = πομφόλυξ,
I a substance deposited from the smoke of smelting-furnaces, pompholyx, Plin. 34, 13, 33, § 128.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

pomphŏlyx, ygis, f. (πομφόλυξ), arsenic blanc : Plin. 34, 128.