Ἐγκρατής
master of, in control of
Translated by Abram Ring22 Nov 2005Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
"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."1
And elsewhere:2 "and the knave kept saying that he had become master of himself by the chance timely arrival of remedies rather than by the will of a god."
And elsewhere:2 "and the knave kept saying that he had become master of himself by the chance timely arrival of remedies rather than by the will of a god."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐγκρατής· ὁ δὲ πολλάκις ἐνόσησε, καὶ ἀνέρρωσεν αὐτὸν ὁ θεός. ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐγκρατὴς ἐγένετο ἑαυτοῦ καὶ τῆς ὑγιείας, τοῦ σωτῆρος οὐδεμίαν ὤραν ἐτίθετο. καὶ αὖθις· ἔλεγε δὲ ὁ λεωργὸς τῶν φθανουσῶν ἰάσεων τύχῃ μᾶλλον ἢ βουλήσει θεοῦ ἐγκρατὴς γεγονέναι.
Betacode
*)egkrath/s: o( de\ polla/kis e)no/shse, kai\ a)ne/rrwsen au)to\n o( qeo/s. e)pei\ de\ e)gkrath\s e)ge/neto e(autou= kai\ th=s u(giei/as, tou= swth=ros ou)demi/an w)/ran e)ti/qeto. kai\ au)=qis: e)/lege de\ o( lewrgo\s tw=n fqanousw=n i)a/sewn tu/xh| ma=llon h)\ boulh/sei qeou= e)gkrath\s gegone/nai.
Notes (2)
- The unglossed headword is illustrated by both of the passages quoted↩
cf. generally epsilon 123, epsilon 124, epsilon 125.- 1An approximation of Aelian fr. 44a Domingo-Forasté (part of 41 Hercher), here omitting the proper name. Contrast alpha 2315. ↩
- 2This (standard) introduction makes it appear that the following sentence might be from another work of, or at least another place in, Aelian; in fact it is just the next sentence of the same passage in Aelian.
References
R. Hercher, Claudii Aeliani de natura animalium libri xvii, varia historia, epistolae, & fragmenta, vol. 2, Leipzig: Teubner, 1866
Linked from5 entries
- α2315Ἀνέρρωσενstrengthened anew[Meaning he/she/it] made [someone or something] healthy. "Nikanor was ill, and often the god strengthened him anew".
- ε122Ἐγκρατέστεροςstronger, on a stronger basisThucydides [writes]: "[the Athenians] both built up and organized the empire on a stronger basis, and they themselves advanced to greatness of power".
- 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…
- ε125Ἐγκράτειαself-control[Meaning] abstinence from evils.
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Revision history6 revisions · last 26 Aug 2013
- deleted links — Catharine Roth
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- updated reference — Catharine Roth
- italicized modern titles, citations altered to MLA format — Abram Ring
- more x-refs; modified keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Abram Ring