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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

  • οὔτε γὰρ πόλιν αἱ κεκλειμέναι πύλαι τηροῦσιν ἀνάλωτον, ἂν διὰ μιᾶσ παραδέξηται τοὺσ πολεμίουσ, οὔτε νέον αἱ περὶ τὰσ ἄλλασ ἡδονὰσ ἐγκράτειαι σῴζουσιν, ἄν γε δι’ ἀκοῆσ λάθῃ προέμενοσ αὑτόν, ἀλλ’ ὅσον μᾶλλον αὕτη τοῦ φρονεῖν καὶ λογίζεσθαι πεφυκότοσ ἅπτεται, τοσοῦτο μᾶλλον ἀμεληθεῖσα βλάπτει καὶ διαφθείρει τὸν παραδεξάμενον. (Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat, chapter, section 1 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. self control

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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