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ἐγκρατής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐγκρατής ἐγκρατές

Structure: ἐγκρατη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: kra/tos

Sense

  1. in possession of power
  2. holding fast
  3. stout, strong

Examples

  • χάρισ ἐπὶ χάριτι γυνὴ αἰσχυντηρά, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι σταθμὸσ πᾶσ ἄξιοσ ἐγκρατοῦσ ψυχῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 26:15)
  • πόλισ δ’ ὁμοῦ μὲν θυμιαμάτων γέμει, ὁμοῦ δὲ παιάνων τε καὶ στεναγμάτων ἡ τοῦ ἐγκρατοῦσ ψυχὴ διὰ τὴν ἀνωμαλίαν καὶ τὴν διαφοράν. (Plutarch, De virtute morali, section 6 17:1)
  • ἡ τοῦ ἐγκρατοῦσ ψυχὴ διὰ τὴν ἀνωμαλίαν καὶ τὴν διαφοράν. (Plutarch, De virtute morali, section 6 6:2)
  • ἡ δ’ ὅλη ἑκοῦσα ψυχὴ καὶ τοῦ ἀκρατοῦσ καὶ τοῦ ἐγκρατοῦσ πράττει, βίᾳ δ’ οὐδέτεροσ, ἀλλὰ τῶν ἐν ἐκείνοισ τι, ἐπεὶ καὶ φύσει ἀμφότερα ἔχομεν. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 2 142:2)
  • δι’ ἃ μᾶλλον οὕτωσ αὐτὸσ αὑτῷ φίλοσ, <ὡσ> ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀκρατοῦσ καὶ ἐγκρατοῦσ εἴρηται πῶσ ἑκὼν ἢ ἄκων, τῷ τὰ μέρη ἔχειν πωσ πρὸσ ἄλληλα τὰ τῆσ ψυχῆσ, καὶ ὅμοιον τὰ τοιαῦτα πάντα, εἰ φίλοσ αὐτὸσ αὑτῷ καὶ ἐχθρόσ, καὶ εἰ ἀδικεῖ τισ αὐτὸσ αὑτόν. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 7 126:1)

Synonyms

  1. in possession of power

  2. holding fast

  3. stout

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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