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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)
  • κομίζειν δ’ ἕκαστον σωφροσύνην μὲν ἢ δικαιοσύνην ἢ ἐγκράτειαν μηδαμῶσ· (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 41:6)
  • καὶ τούτῳ μὲν οὐδενὸσ τῶν θηρίων διαφέρεισ πρὸσ ἐγκράτειαν οὐδὲ γὰρ ἐκεῖνα τοῖσ κρείττοσιν ἐπιθυμεῖ πλησιάζειν ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰσ ἡδονὰσ καὶ τοὺσ ἔρωτασ πρὸσ τὰ ὁμόφυλα ποιεῖται. (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 5 3:1)
  • συνετοὶ ἐν λόγοισ καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐσοφίσαντο καὶ ἀνώμβρησαν παροιμίασ ἀκριβεῖσ. ̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν ΕΓΚΡΑΤΕΙΑ ΨΥΧΗΣ.‐ (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 18:29)
  • ἦν οὖν τὸ μὲν πάθοσ δεινόν, ἡ δ’ ἐγκράτεια θαυμαστὴ τῶν ἀνδρῶν. (Plutarch, , chapter 17 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. self control

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