ἐγκρατής
διήλθομεν διὰ πυρὸς καὶ ὕδατος → we went through fire and water, we have gone through fire and water
English (LSJ)
ές, (κράτος)
A in possession of power, S.OT941. II holding fast, χεὶρ -εστάτη a hand with the firmest hold, X.Eq.7.8. 2 stout, strong, ἐ. σθένει A.Pr.55; τὸν -έστατον σίδηρον S.Ant.474; ἐ. σῶμα X.HG7.1.23. III c. gen. rei, having possession of, χωρέων Hdt. 8.49, cf. 9.106, S.Ph.75, SIG58.7 (Milet., v B. C.), etc.; ναὸς ἐγκρατῆ πόδα the sheet that controls the ship, S.Ant.715; ἐ. αὑτῶν masters of themselves, Pl.Phdr.256b, al.; ἐ. ἀφροδισίων καὶ γαστρός X.Mem. 1.2.1, cf. 2.1.7, Oec.12.16. 2 abs., master of oneself, self-controlled, Pl.Def.415d; self-disciplined, Arist.EN1145b13, al. IV Adv. -τῶς, Ion. -τέως Hp.Foet.Exsect.4, etc.; with a strong hand, by force, ἄρχειν Th.1.76; ἐ. ἔχειν τὴν ἀρχήν Arist.Pol.1284a40; -τέως forcibly, Theoc.25.266. 2 with self-control, temperately, ἐ. ἔχειν Pl.Lg. 710a; φέρειν τι D.Chr.2.53; -τέως Archestr.Fr.23.20.
German (Pape)
[Seite 710] ές, 1) festhaltend, χεὶρ ἐγκρατεστάτη, am geschicktesten zum Festhalten, Xen. de re equ. 1, 8, vgl. Cyn. 10, 10; übh. handfest, stark, σθένος Aesch. Prom. 55; σώματα Xen. Hell. 7, 1, 23; τὸν ἐγκρατέστατον σίδηρον, das festeste, Soph. Ant. 470. – 2) die Oberhand habend, Herr seiend, Soph. O. R. 941; τινός, einer Sache mächtig, τόξων Phil. 75; χωρέων Her. 8, 49; Thuc. 5, 35; vgl. ἱμάτιον πριάμενός τις καὶ ἐγκρατὴς ὤν Plat. Theaet. 197 b; τῶν πατρώων Crat. 391 c; ἑαυτοῦ, seiner selbst mächtig, sich selbst beherrschend, Legg. I, 645 e; ἐγκρατεῖς ἑαυτῶν καὶ κόσμιοι Phaedr. 256 b; Ggstz ὀξύχειρ Nicomach. com. Ath. VII, 291 (v. 33); τινός, in Etwas enthaltsam, mäßig, ἀφροδισίων καὶ γαστρός Xen. Mem. 1, 2, 1, eigtl. Herr seines Bauches, vgl. Cyr. 1, 2, 8 Oec. 9, 11; ἡδονῆς Mem. 4, 1, 14; Dion. Hal. 2, 10; ἐγκρατὴς γίγνεσθαί τινος, Herr über Etwas werden, Plat. Rep. VI 499 d; ἐγκρατὲς δὲ τῆς πόλεως τὰ πολλὰ τὸ πλῆθος Menex. 238 d. – Adv. ἐγκρατῶς, z. B. ἔχειν τὴν ἀρχήν, fest, kräftig regieren, Arist. pol. 3, 9; ἄρχειν Thuc. 1, 76 u. A.; mäßig, enthaltsam, ἔχειν πρὸς τὰς ἡδονάς Plat. Legg. IV, 710 a.