ἐγκρατής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἐγκρατές, ([[κράτος]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[in possession of power]], S.''OT''941.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[holding fast]], <b class="b3">χεὶρ ἐγκρατεστάτη</b> a [[hand]] [[with the firmest hold]], X.''Eq.''7.8.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[stout]], [[strong]], ἐ. σθένει A.''Pr.''55; τὸν ἐγκρατέστατον σίδηρον S.''Ant.''474; ἐ. [[σῶμα]] X.''HG''7.1.23.<br><span class="bld">III</span> c. gen. rei, [[having possession of]], χωρέων Hdt. 8.49, cf. 9.106, S.''Ph.''75, ''SIG''58.7 (Milet., v B. C.), etc.; <b class="b3">ναὸς ἐγκρατῆ πόδα</b> the [[sheet]] that [[control]]s the [[ship]], S.''Ant.''715; <b class="b3">ἐ. αὑτῶν</b> [[master]]s of themselves, Pl.''Phdr.''256b, al.; ἐ. ἀφροδισίων καὶ γαστρός [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]'' 1.2.1, cf. 2.1.7, ''Oec.''12.16.<br><span class="bld">2</span> abs., [[master of oneself]], [[self-controlled]], Pl.''Def.''415d; [[self-disciplined]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1145b13, al.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> Adv. [[ἐγκρατῶς]], Ion. [[ἐγκρατέως]] Hp.''Foet.Exsect.''4, etc.; [[with a strong hand]], [[by force]], ἄρχειν Th.1.76; ἐ. ἔχειν τὴν ἀρχήν Arist.''Pol.''1284a40; [[ἐγκρατέως]] = [[forcibly]], Theoc.25.266.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[with self-control]], [[temperately]], ἐ. ἔχειν Pl.''Lg.'' 710a; φέρειν τι D.Chr.2.53; [[ἐγκρατέως]] Archestr.''Fr.''23.20.