ἀναφορά
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
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ἡ, (ἀναφέρομαι)
A coming up, rising, ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι rise, Arist.HA622b7; of vapours or exhalations, Placit.3.7.4, Theol.Ar. 31, cf. Orib.9.16.3, etc. 2 Astron., ascent of a sign measured in degrees of the equator, Ptol.Tetr.134. b Astrol., = ἐπαναφορά, τόπος next to a κέντρον, Vett.Val.19.18. c ascendant, Cat.Cod.Astr.8(3).100; opp. ἀπόκλιμα, Serapion in Cat.Cod.Astr. 1.99, S.E.M.5.20, etc. d rising of a sign, Ach.Tat.Intr.Arat. 39. II (ἀναφέρω) carrying back, reference of a thing to a standard, διὰ τὸ γίνεσθαι ἐπαίνους δι' ἀναφορᾶς Arist.EN1101b20; in Law, recourse, ἐκείνοις εἶναι εἰς τοὺς ἔχοντας ἀναφοράν D.24.13: abs., Thphr. Char.8.5 (pl.), IG5(1).1390.111 (Andania, i B.C.); ἡ ἀ. ἐστι πρός τι Arist.Cat.5b20, al.; ἀ. ἔχειν πρός or ἐπί τι to be referable to... Epicur. Fr.409, Plb.4.28.3, Plu.2.290e, al.; ἀ. τινος γίγνεται πρός or ἐπί τι, Plb.1.3.4, Plu.2.1071a; ἐπ' ἀναφορᾷ τῇ πρὸς τὸν δῆμον BCH46.312 (Teos); ἀ. ἔχειν ἐπί τι, of writings, refer to, Alex.Aphr.in Mete.4.1; τούτων εἰς Κυναίγειρον ποιήσασθαι τὴν ἀναφοράν assign to, give credit for... Polem.Call.23. 2 way of retreat, ὑπέλιπε ἑαυτῷ ἀναφοράν D.18.219; νῦν δὲ αὑτοῖς μὲν κατέλιπον τὴν εἰς τὸ ἀφανὲς ἀναφοράν Aeschin. 2.104, cf. Plb.15.8.13, etc. 3 means of repairing a fault, defeat, etc., ἀλλ' ἔστιν ἡμῖν ἀ. τῆς ξυμφορᾶς E.Or.414; ἀ. ἁμαρτήματος ἔχειν way to atone for .., Plu.Phoc.2; ἀ. ἔχειν means of recovery, Id.Fab. 14. 4 offering, LXX Ps.50(51).21; ἡ ἀ. τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ λεκτικοῦ PMag.Par.2.281. 5 report, PLond.1.17.34 (ii B.C.), etc. 6 petition, PRyl.119.28(i A.D.). 7 payment on account, instalment, OGI225 (Milet.), PEleph.14.26 (iii B.C.), PRev.Laws16.10 (iii B.C.), etc. 8 Rhet., repetition of a word, Longin.20.1, Demetr.Eloc, 141. 9 office of ἀναφορεύς, LXX Nu.4.6,10. 10 Medic., = ἀνάδοσις, opp. πέψις, Aret.SD2.7. III ceiling of a wine-press, Gp.6.1.3.