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ἐγκράτ-εια

egkrateia · ἡ

mastery over

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Where it lives

  • Virtues and Vices 3 · 20.23/10k
  • 2 Peter 2 · 18.47/10k
  • Galatians 1 · 4.58/10k
  • Nicomachean Ethics 20 · 3.55/10k
  • Eudemian Ethics 8 · 3.07/10k
  • Memorabilia 10 · 2.8/10k
  • Agesilaus 2 · 2.72/10k
  • Enchiridion 1 · 2.02/10k
  • Machabaeorum IV 1 · 1.3/10k
  • Cyropaedia 8 · 1.01/10k
  • Acts 1 · 0.56/10k
  • Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4 · 0.37/10k

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐγκράτ-εια · enkrat-eia — LSJ

mastery over, control, control over

mastery over, ἐ. ἑαυτοῦ self-control, Pl. R. 390b; ἐ. ἡδονῶν καὶ ἐπιθυμιῶν control over them, ib. 430e, cf. X. Mem. 2.1.1, Isoc. 1.21; περί τι Arist. EN 1149a21, al.

II self-control

abs., self-control, X. Mem. 1.5.1, Isoc. 3.44, Arist. EN 1145b8, al., LXX Si. 18.30, Act.Ap. 24.25, etc.

In the wild

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Where it came from

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