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unübertrefflich

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

unübertrefflich, inexsuperabilis. – praestantissimus (ganz vortrefflich, z.B. in illis artibus). – Adv. sie, ut supra nihil possit addi; od. ellipt. ita, ut nihil possit supra; ut nihil possit ultra.