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Liger

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

Latin > English

Liger Ligeris N M :: Liger; the Loire, river in western Gaul

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Lĭger: ĕris, m.,
I a river forming the boundary between Gallia Lugdunensis and Aquitania, now the Loire: quod Liger ex nivibus creverat, Caes. B. G. 7, 55, 10; Tib. 1, 7, 12: cum ad flumen Ligerim venissent, Caes. B. G. 7, 5, 4: Caesar Ligere interclusus, id. ib. 7, 59: in flumine Ligeri, id. ib. 3, 9.—Hence,
II ‡ Lĭgerĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Liger, Ligerian, Inscr. ap. Grut. 472, 1.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Lĭgĕr,¹² ĕris, m., la Loire [fl. de la Gaule] : Cæs. G. 7, 55, 10 ; Tib. 1, 7, 12 ; Plin. 4, 107 || -rĭcus, a, um, de la Loire : Inscr.

Latin > German (Georges)

Liger, eris, m., Fluß an der Grenze von Aquitanien u. dem lugdun. Gallien, j. Loire, Nom. Tibull. 1, 7, 12. Caes. b. G. 7, 55, 10. Auson. Mos. 461. Prisc. 6, 40: Akk. Ligerem, Caes. b. G. 7, 56, 4. Plin. 4, 107, Ligerim, Caes. b. G. 7, 5, 4. Sidon. epist. 3, 1 extr.: Abl. Ligere, Caes. b. G. 3, 9, 1, Ligeri, Caes. b. G. 7, 59, 1. Hirt. b. G. 8, 27, 2. Oros. 6, 8,10.