ἐγκρατής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές, ([[κράτος]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[in possession of power]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>941</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[holding fast]], <b class="b3">χεὶρ ἐγκρατεστάτη</b> a [[hand]] [[with the firmest hold]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>7.8</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[stout]], [[strong]], ἐ. σθένει <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>55</span>; τὸν ἐγκρατέστατον 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"><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 [[control]]s the [[ship]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>715</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. αὑτῶν</b> [[master]]s 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"><span class="bld">2</span> abs., [[master of oneself]], [[self-controlled]], <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"><span class="bld">IV</span> Adv. [[ἐγκρατῶς]], Ion. [[ἐγκρατέως]] <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Foet.Exsect.</span>4</span>, etc.; [[with a strong hand]], [[by force]], ἄρχειν <span class="bibl">Th.1.76</span>; ἐ. ἔχειν τὴν ἀρχήν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1284a40</span>; [[ἐγκρατέως]] = [[forcibly]], <span class="bibl">Theoc.25.266</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[with self-control]], [[temperately]], ἐ. ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 710a</span>; φέρειν τι <span class="bibl">D.Chr.2.53</span>; [[ἐγκρατέως]] <span class="bibl">Archestr.<span class="title">Fr.</span>23.20</span>.</span>