The corpus record

ἐγκρατ-εύομαι

egkrateuomai

exercise self-control

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Where it lives

1 Corinthians 2 · 2.96/10k
Eudemian Ethics 2 · 0.77/10k

What it meant

ἐγκρατ-εύομαι · enkrat-euomai — LSJ

exercise self-control, force oneself, starve oneself

exercise self-control, Arist. EE 1223b12, LXX Ge. 43.31, 1 Ep.Cor. 7.9; force oneself to do a thing, LXX 1 Ki. 13.12; starve oneself, Vett.Val. 127.20 (cf. ἀποκαρτερεῖν).

II to be a member of the Encratite sect

to be a member of the Encratite sect, Anatolian Studies 87 (Phrygia).

In the wild

ἐγκρατεύεται · enkrateuetai Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 2
ἐγκρατευόμενος · enkrateuomenos Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 2
ἐγκρατεύονται · enkrateuontai New Testament, 1 Corinthians 7.9 (DIORISIS sentence 158)
ἐγκρατεύεται · enkrateuetai New Testament, 1 Corinthians 9.25 (DIORISIS sentence 264)

Where it came from

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