ἐπικράτεια
Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A mastery, σωφροσύνη ἐστὶν ἐ. τῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν ib.4 Ma.1.31; possession, X.Cyr.5.4.28; rule, Plb. 12.25.3, etc.; victory, superiority, Id.2.1.3. 2. predominance, in heredity, Placit.5.7.6; διάφορος τῶν χυμῶν ἐ. S.E.P.1.80; τὸ κατ' ἐπικράτειαν ὠνομασμένον αἷμα named from its dominant element, opp. εἰλικρινὲς αἷμα, Gal.15.74, cf. 5.672, 17(2).216; παρὰ τὰς ἐ. Placit.4.9.9: Gramm., prevalence, authority, A.D. Synt.256.26, al.; numerical superiority, ib.326.14. 3. prevailing opinion, ἐν τοῖς συμβαίνουσιν . . κατὰ τὴν ἐ . . . στροβοῦνται Polystr.p.22 W.; αἱ κατ' ἐπικράτειαν δόξαι Epicur.Nat. 1431.8. II. of a country, realm, dominion, ἄπιμεν . . ἐκ τῆς τούτων ἐπικρατείας X.An.7.6.42, cf. Hier.6.13; ὑπὸ τῇ ἐ. τοῦ χωρίου within the country subject to the place, Id.An.6.4.4; ἡ Καρχηδονίων ἐ. Pl.Ep.349c; of a Roman province, Ph. 2.518,583 (pl.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 953] ἡ, Uebergewalt, Oberherrschaft, Gewalt; ἔξω τῆς τοῦ τυράννου ἐπικρατείας γίγνεσθαι Xen. Hier. 6, 13; öfter Pol.; Sieg, 2, 1, 3, D. Cass. 65, 18; – das Gebiet, εἰς τὴν Καρχηδονίων ἐπικράτειαν φυγεῖν Plat. Ep. VII, 349 c; κρήνη ὑπὸ τῇ ἐπικρατείᾳ τοῦ χωρίου Xen. An. 6, 2, 4; Plut.
