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περιτορεύω

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

German (Pape)

[Seite 597] ringsum abrunden, auch übertr., vom schriftlichen Ausdruck, D. Hal. de vi Dem. 21.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

περιτορεύω: τορεύω ἐπιμελῶς πανταχόθεν, ἐπὶ ὕφους, Διον. Ἁλ. π. Δημ. 21.

Greek Monolingual

βλ. περιτορνεύω.