Ἐγκράτεια
self-control
Translated by Elizabeth Vandiver21 Sep 2005Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] abstinence from evils.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐγκράτεια· ἡ τῶν κακῶν ἀποχή.
Betacode
*)egkra/teia: h( tw=n kakw=n a)poxh/.
Notes
- Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. (For this type of glossing cf. delta 1074, end.)
See already epsilon 123, epsilon 124; and cf. also epsilon 122, epsilon 126.
Linked from4 entries
- α958Ἀκράτειαpowerlessness, debility, incontinence[no gloss]
- ε123Ἐγκράτειαcontinence, control, self-control[Meaning] an insuperable attitude regarding rational matters or a disposition unconquerable by pleasures. "It is possible to show that sometimes the serious man is not sound-minded, by changing the sound-minded man into…
- ε124Ἐγκράτειαcontinence, self-control[Continence] differs from temperance [swfrosu/nh]: for temperance has desires which are calm, but continence [ones which are] strong. [A person] is called continent [e)gkra/ths] not because of passionlessness, but…
- ε126Ἐγκρατήςmaster of, in control of"And often [Nicanor] grew sick, and the god strengthened him. But when he became master of himself and of his health, he made no time for his saviour." And elsewhere: "and the knave kept saying that he had become master…
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Revision history5 revisions · last 4 Dec 2015
- coding — David Whitehead
- another note — David Whitehead
- added a keyword — Catharine Roth
- another x-ref — David Whitehead
- added cross-references and keyword, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Elizabeth Vandiver