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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
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
pushing (me) into the mud: P. ῥαξάντες εἰς τὸν βόρβορον (Dem. 1259).
jostle: Ar. ὠστίζεσθαι (dat.).
hurry on: P. and V. σπεύδειν, ἐπισπεύδειν.
importune: P. and V. λιπαρεῖν; (Plato); see press.
Absol., force one's way: P. βιάζεσθαι.
wishing to push their present success to the uttermost: P. βουλόμενοι τῇ παρούσῃ τύχῃ ὡς ἐπὶ πλεῖστον ἐπεξελθεῖν (Thuc. 4, 14).
he who pushes to extremes his success in war: P. ὁ ἐν πολέμῳ εὐτυχίᾳ πλεονάζων (Thuc. 1, 120).
push oneself into: Ar. and P. εἰσδύεσθαι εἰς (acc.).
push away: P. and V. ἀπωθεῖν, διωθεῖσθαι, V. ἐξαπωθεῖν.
push back: P. and V. ἀπωθεῖν, διωθεῖσθαι; see repulse.
push forward, (as leader, etc.): P. προτάσσειν.
offer: P. and V. προτείνειν; see thrust forward; verb intransitive: P. and V. ἐπείγεσθαι; see advance, hurry. push on, verb intransitive: use hurry, advance.
push off, verb transitive: see push away.
in nautical sense: P. and V. ἀπαίρειν; see put out.
push over: P. and V. καταβάλλειν.
