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fortleben

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

fortleben, superstitem esse; im Zshg. vivere. – nach dem Tode s., non interire; immortalem esse. – sein Andenken wird immer fortleben, memoriam eius nulla umquam delebit oblivio; numquam ulla de eo obmutescet vetustas: er wird stets in dankbarem Andenken fortleben, numquam gratissimus sermo de eo conticescet. – Fortleben, das, der Toten im Andenken der Menschen, vita mortuorum. – das F. der Seele, animi immortalitas.