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ἐνδόσιμον

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

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἐνδόσιμον: τό
1 повод, случай (πρός и εἴς τι Plut.): τὸ ἐνδόσιμον λαβών Luc., Plut. воспользовавшись случаем;
2 начало, вступление (τὰ ἐνδόσιμα τῷ λόγῳ Arst.).

Spanish

comienzo, concesión, conducto, excusa, exordio, factor desencadenante, impulso, nota que da el tono, ocasión, oportunidad, permiso, preludio, pretexto, prórroga, señal de inicio, sustancia, toque, tregua, vía

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐνδόσιμον: (ἐνν. κροῦσμα), καθ’ Ἡσύσχ. «τὸ πρὸ τῆς ᾠδῆς κιθάρισμα», ὁ κύριος τόνος τοῦ μέλους, «τὸ ἴσον»· ἐν τῇ ῥητορικῇ, ἡ κλεὶς οὕτως εἰπεῖν πρὸς κατανόησιν πράγματός τινος, προοίμιον, (πρβλ. ἐνδίδωμι VII), Ἀριστ. Ρητ. 3. 14, 1, π. Κόσμ. 6. 20· ἐν ἱππασίᾳ, ὁρμητήριον σημεῖον, τὸ ἐνδόσιμον εἰς τὸν δρόμον Πολυδ. Α΄, 210. 2) μεταφ., νύξις, ἀφορμή, αἰτία, ἐνδόσιμον δεῖ δὲ ἢ ξένα ἢ οἰκεῖα εἶναι τὰ ἐνδόσιμα τῷ λόγῳ Ἀριστ. Ρητ. 3. 14, 4, Πολιτικ. 8. 5, 1· ὥσπερ ἐνδόσιμον ἡμῖν παρέξειν Πλούτ. 73Β.

Translations

truce

Afrikaans: wapenstilstand; Arabic: ⁧هُدْنَة⁩; Armenian: զինադադար; Belarusian: перамі́р'е; Bulgarian: примирие; Catalan: treva; Chinese Mandarin: 停戰/停战, 休戰/休战; Czech: příměří, klid zbraní; Danish: våbenhvile; Dutch: wapenstilstand, staakt-het-vuren; Estonian: vaherahu, relvarahu; Finnish: aselepo; French: trêve, cessez-le-feu; Galician: tregoa; Georgian: დროებითი ზავი, ზავი; German: Waffenstillstand, Waffenruhe; Greek: ανακωχή, εκεχειρία; Ancient Greek: ἀλῃσίαι, ἀνακωχή, ἀνοκωχή, ἀνοχή, διαλλαγή, ἐκεχειρία, σπονδαί, σπονδή; Hebrew: ⁧הַפְסָקַת אֵשׁ⁩; Hindi: युद्धविराम, अवहार, जंगबंदी; Hungarian: fegyverszünet, fegyvernyugvás sg; Indonesian: gencatan senjata; Italian: tregua; Japanese: 停戦, 休戦; Korean: 정전(停戰), 휴전(休戰); Latin: indutiae, treuga; Macedonian: примирје; Maori: rangaawatea; Norwegian Bokmål: våpenhvile, våpenstillstand; Nynorsk: våpenkvild, våpenkvile, våpenstillstand; Piedmontese: treva; Polish: rozejm, zawieszenie broni; Portuguese: trégua, cessar-fogo; Romanian: armistițiu; Russian: перемирие, затишье; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: примӣрје; Roman: prímīrje; Slovak: prímerie; Slovene: premirje; Spanish: tregua; Swedish: vapenvila; Tamil: சமாதானம்; Ukrainian: перемир'я; Vietnamese: đình chiến, hưu chiến; Welsh: cydymbaid