ἐγκρατ-ής, ές,
(κράτος) in possession of power, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 941. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II holding fast, χεὶρ -εστάτη a hand with the firmest hold, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 7.8. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 stout, strong, ἐ. σθένει [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 55; τὸν -έστατον σίδηρον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 474; ἐ. σῶμα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.23. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III with genitive of things, having possession of, χωρέων [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.49, compare 9.106, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 75, “SIG” 58.7 (Milet., 5th c.BC), etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ναὸς ἐγκρατῆ πόδα the sheet that controls the ship, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 715 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. αὑτῶν masters of themselves, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 256b, +others; ἐ. ἀφροδισίων καὶ γαστρός 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.1, compare 2.1.7, “Oec.” 12.16. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 absolutely, master of oneself, self-controlled, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Definitiones” 415d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; self-disciplined, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1145b13, +others ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IV adverb -τῶς, Ionic dialect - τέως [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἐγκατατομῆς ἐμβρύοι” 4, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; with a strong hand, by force, ἄρχειν [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.76; ἐ. ἔχειν τὴν ἀρχήν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1284a40 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; -τέως forcibly, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.266. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]