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ματζιριά

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

Translations

stinginess

Azerbaijani: simiclik; Breton: tostoni; Dutch: gierigheid; Faroese: gírni; French: radinerie; Georgian: ხელმოჭერილობა, სიძუნწე; German: Geiz, Knauserei; Greek: τσιγκουνιά, καρμιριά, σφιχτοχεριά, σπαγκιά, ματζιριά; Ancient Greek: ἀκρίβεια, ἀκριβείη, ἀκριβολογία, ἀμεταδοσία, ἀνελευθερία, ἀνελευθεριότης, γλισχρία, γλισχρότης, εὐτέλεια, εὐτελείη, εὐτελίη, κιμβεία, κιμβικεία, κιμβικία, κινάβρα, κνιπεία, μικροδοσία, μικρολογία, σμικρολογία, φειδωλία; Irish: péisteánacht, cinnteacht, cruacht, ceacharthacht, sprionlaitheacht, gortaíl, cruáil, cruálacht, cruas, caillteacht, gannchúis, stinsireacht, neoid; Italian: taccagneria, tirchieria, avarizia, grettezza, pitoccheria, spilorceria; Latin: avaritia; Norwegian: gjerrighet; Romanian: avariție, zgârcenie, parcimonie; Russian: жадность, скупость; Slovene: skopušnost; Spanish: tacañería; Tagalog: kakulpitan, kakuriputan; Turkish: cimrilik