Vorspiegelung

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 > Latin

Vorspiegelung, spes vana (leere Hoffnung). – mendacium (Unwahrheit, Lüge). – simulatio (fälschliches Vorgeben, absol. od. einer Sache, z.B. amicitiae). – leere V. machen, orationis vanitatem adhibere (leere Worte vorbringen); falso promittere (falsche Versprechungen machen).