ἐγκρατής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές, (κράτος) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[in possession of power]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>941</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[holding fast]], <b class="b3">χεὶρ -εστάτη</b> a hand [[with the firmest hold]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>7.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[stout]], [[strong]], ἐ. σθένει <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>55</span>; τὸν -έστατον σίδηρον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>474</span>; ἐ. σῶμα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>7.1.23</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> c. gen. rei, [[having possession of]], χωρέων <span class="bibl">Hdt. 8.49</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">9.106</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>75</span>, <span class="title">SIG</span>58.7 (Milet., v B. C.), etc.; <b class="b3">ναὸς ἐγκρατῆ πόδα</b> the sheet [[that controls]] the ship, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>715</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. αὑτῶν</b> [[masters of]] themselves, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>256b</span>, al.; ἐ. ἀφροδισίων καὶ γαστρός <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span> 1.2.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.1.7</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Oec.</span>12.16</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> abs., <b class="b2">master of oneself, self-controlled</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Def.</span>415d</span>; [[self-disciplined]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1145b13</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> Adv. -[[τῶς]], Ion. -τέως <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Foet.Exsect.</span>4</span>, etc.; <b class="b2">with a strong hand, by force</b>, ἄρχειν <span class="bibl">Th.1.76</span>; ἐ. ἔχειν τὴν ἀρχήν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1284a40</span>; -[[τέως]] [[forcibly]], <span class="bibl">Theoc.25.266</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">with self-control, temperately</b>, ἐ. ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 710a</span>; φέρειν τι <span class="bibl">D.Chr.2.53</span>; -τέως <span class="bibl">Archestr.<span class="title">Fr.</span>23.20</span>.</span>