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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

  • ἀξίωσ δ’ οὐκ ἔστιν εἰπεῖν τὰ δρώμενα, πλὴν ὅτι γίνεται ἕκαστον αὐτῶν ἓν τῷ φιλοστόργῳ, ταῖσ προνοίαισ, ταῖσ καρτερίαισ, ταῖσ ἐγκρατείαισ. (Plutarch, De amore prolis, section 2 2:1)
  • ἀξίωσ δ’ οὐκ ἔστιν εἰπεῖν τὰ δρώμενα, πλὴν ὅτι γίγνεται ἕκαστον αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ φιλοστόργῳ, ταῖσ προνοίαισ, ταῖσ καρτερίαισ, ταῖσ ἐγκρατείαισ. (Plutarch, De amore prolis, section 2 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. self control

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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