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θνῆσις

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

Plato, Laws, 626e
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Transliteration A: thnē̂sis Transliteration B: thnēsis Transliteration C: thnisis Beta Code: qnh=sis

English (LSJ)

-εως, ἡ, mortality, in a plague, Ruf.Fr.69; πολλὴ θ. γέγονε Stud.Pal.22.338 (i A.D.); νηπίων Cat.Cod.Astr.7.126.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1212] ἡ, das Sterben, erst sehr Sp.

Greek Monolingual

θνῆσις, ἡ (ΑΜ, Μ και θνήση) θνῄσκω
θάνατος, θανατικό προερχόμενο κυρίως από λοιμό
μσν.
σφαγή, καταστροφή, αφανισμός.