ἐγκράτησις
From LSJ
τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην δὲ σκάφην ὀνομάζειν → call a spade a spade | speak the truth | speak straight from the shoulder | give it straight from the shoulder | give the straight goods | not to mince matters | not to mince words | not mince words | call things by their right names | call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel | call a shovel a shovel | call a spade a spade, not a big spoon
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, A holding in the breath, D.L.6.77.
German (Pape)
[Seite 710] ἡ, das Anhalten, Zurückhalten, z. B. des Athems, D. L. 6, 77.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐγκράτησις: -εως, ἡ, ἡ κράτησις τῆς ἀναπνοῆς, Διογ. Λ. 6. 77.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἐγκράτησις: εως (ᾰ) ἡ задержание, задержка (τοῦ πνεύματος Diog. L.).
