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ἐγκρατῶς

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L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelleLove that moves the sun and the other stars

Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145

French (Bailly abrégé)

adv.
avec fermeté, avec vigueur.
Étymologie: ἐγκρατής.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἐγκρᾰτῶς: ион. Theocr. ἐγκρατέως
1) властно, сильной рукой, твердо (ἄρχειν Thuc., Plut. и ἔχειν τὴν ἀρχήν Arst.);
2) силой, насильно (ἔχειν τὴν νῆσον Polyb.);
3) с самообладанием, воздержно, умеренно (ἔχειν πρὸς ἡδονάς Plat.; ἐ. καὶ μετ᾽ αἰδοῦς Plut.).