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κνις

From LSJ

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

Plato, Laws, 626e

Greek Monolingual

κνίς, -ιδός, ἡ (Α)
η κνίδη.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Υποχωρητ. παρ. του κνίζω.