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ἐγκράτεια

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐγκράτεια ἐγκρατείας

Structure: ἐγκρατει (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: from e)gkrath/s

Sense

  1. mastery over
  2. self control

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οὐ ψεύσομαί σε, παιδευτὰ νόμε, οὐδὲ φεύξομαί σε οὐδ’ ἐξομοῦμαί σε, φίλη ἐγκράτεια, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 5:33)
  • ἀρετή ἐστιν ἡ φρόνησισ, τοῦ δὲ θυμοειδοῦσ ἥ τε πραότησ καὶ ἡ ἀνδρεία, τοῦ δὲ ἐπιθυμητικοῦ ἥ τε σωφροσύνη καὶ ἡ ἐγκράτεια, ὅλησ δὲ τῆσ ψυχῆσ ἥ τε δικαιοσύνη καὶ ἡ ἐλευθεριότησ καὶ ἡ μεγαλοψυχία. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 5:1)
  • ἐγκράτεια δ’ ἐστὶν ἀρετὴ τοῦ ἐπιθυμητικοῦ, καθ’ ἣν κατέχουσι τῷ λογισμῷ τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν ὁρμῶσαν ἐπὶ τὰσ φαύλασ ἡδονάσ. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 9:3)
  • ἦν οὖν τὸ μὲν πάθοσ δεινόν, ἡ δ’ ἐγκράτεια θαυμαστὴ τῶν ἀνδρῶν. (Plutarch, , chapter 17 7:1)
  • "ἀναγκαῖόν ἐστιν, ὦ Θεμιστόκλεισ, καλὸν δὲ καὶ στρατηγικὸν ἀληθῶσ ἡ περὶ τὰσ χεῖρασ ἐγκράτεια. (Plutarch, , chapter 24 4:3)
  • συνετοὶ ἐν λόγοισ καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐσοφίσαντο καὶ ἀνώμβρησαν παροιμίασ ἀκριβεῖσ. ̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν ΕΓΚΡΑΤΕΙΑ ΨΥΧΗΣ.‐ (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 18:29)

Synonyms

  1. self control

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