περικρατής
βίος ἀνεόρταστος μακρὴ ὁδὸς ἀπανδόκευτος → a life without feasting is a long journey without an inn | a life without festivals is a long journey without inns | a life without festivals is a long road without inns | a life without festivity is a long road without an inn | a life without festivity is like a long road without an inn | a life without holidays is like a long road without taverns | a life without parties is a long journey without inns | a life without public holidays is a long road without hotels
English (LSJ)
ές,
A grasping, tenacious, γαμφηλαί Simm.1.11; having full command over, π. γενέσθαι τῆς σκάφης Act.Ap.27.16, cf. Thd.Su.39 (v.l.); cf. περικρεμής.
German (Pape)
[Seite 581] ές, obsiegend, gewaltig, stark, Opp. Hal. 4, 540.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
περικρᾰτής: -ές, ὁ ἔχων πλήρη ἐξουσίαν ἢ κράτος ἐπί τινος, ἰσχύσαμεν μόλις ἐπικρατεῖς γενέσθαι τῆς σκάφης Πράξ. Ἀποστ. κζ΄, 16· τῶν ἡνίων, τῶν πονηρῶν βουλευμάτων Ἰω. Χρυσ. τ. 2, σ. 349, κτλ. - Ἴδε Κόντου Γλωσσ. Παρατηρήσ. σ. 121.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ής, ές :
1 qui commande souverainement à, gén.;
2 qui maîtrise gén..
Étymologie: περικρατέω.
