ἐπικράτεια: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[mastery]], <b class="b3">σωφροσύνη ἐστὶν ἐ. τῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν</b> ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">4 Ma.</span>1.31</span>; [[possession]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>5.4.28</span>; [[rule]], <span class="bibl">Plb. 12.25.3</span>, etc.; [[victory]], [[superiority]], <span class="bibl">Id.2.1.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span>. [[predominance]], in heredity, <span class="title">Placit.</span>5.7.6; <b class="b3">διάφορος τῶν χυμῶν</b> [[ἐ]]. <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span>1.80</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ κατ' ἐπικράτειαν ὠνομασμένον αἷμα</b> named [[from its]] [[dominant element]], opp. <b class="b3">εἰλικρινὲς αἷμα</b>, Gal.15.74, cf. 5.672, 17(2).216; <b class="b3">παρὰ τὰς ἐ</b>. <span class="title">Placit.</span>4.9.9: Gramm., [[prevalence]], [[authority]], <span class="bibl">A.D. <span class="title">Synt.</span>256.26</span>, al.; numerical [[superiority]], ib.<span class="bibl">326.14</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span>. [[prevailing]] [[opinion]], <b class="b3">ἐν τοῖς συμβαίνουσιν . . κατὰ τὴν ἐ… στροβοῦνται</b> Polystr.<span class="bibl">p.22</span> W.; αἱ κατ' ἐπικράτειαν δόξαι <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Nat.</span> 1431.8</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span>. of a country, [[realm]], [[dominion]], ἄπιμεν . . ἐκ τῆς τούτων ἐπικρατείας <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.6.42</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hier.</span>6.13</span>; <b class="b3">ὑπὸ τῇ ἐ. τοῦ χωρίου</b> within [[the country subject to]] the place, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span>6.4.4</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ Καρχηδονίων ἐ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ep.</span>349c</span>; of a Roman [[province]], <span class="bibl">Ph. 2.518</span>,<span class="bibl">583</span> (pl.).</span>