ἐγκρατής May 1st 2013, 01:03
Latest revision as of 01:03, 1 May 2013 [edit] Ancient Greek [edit] Etymology From ἐν (en, "in") + κράτος (kratos, "power") [edit] Pronunciation [edit] Adjective ἐγκρατής m, ἐγκρατής f, ἐγκρατές n; third declension; (enkratēs) - in possession of power
- holding fast
- stout, strong
- 5th century BC, Aeschylus?, Prometheus Bound, 55
- 442 BC, Sophocles, Antigone, 474
- 5th, 4th century BC, Xenophon, Hellenica, 7.1,23
- (with genitive) having possession of a thing, master of it
- 460-420 BC, Herodotus, Histories, 8.49
- 460-420 BC, Herodotus, Histories, 9.106
- 409 BC, Sophocles, Philoctetes, 75
- 442 BC, Sophocles, Antigone, 715
- 5th, 4th century BC, Plato, Phaedrus, 256.B
- ἐγκρ. ἑαυτοῦ
- master of oneself
- 5th, 4th century BC, Xenophon, Memorabilia, 1.2.1
- 4th century BC, Xenophon, Oeconomicus, 12.16
- master of oneself, self-controlling, self-disciplined
- (adverbial) with a strong hand, by force
- with self-control, temperately
[edit] Inflection [edit] References - ἐγκρατής in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940
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