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κρατήσει (kratesei)

κρατήσει is an Ancient Greek form of κρατέω, meaning “rule, be master of, prevail”.

It can also be a form of κράτησις, “might, power, dominion; accession”. It is the nominative dual feminine noun or adjective.

Found 25 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, De Genio Socratis 18: … τις ἐπιχειροίη κατηγορεῖν, περιφώνησιν ἀσαφῆ καὶ τυφλὴν ὑπόνοιαν ἡ πρᾶξις λαβοῦσα μόνον ἅμα καὶ φανήσεται καὶ κρατήσει. δυσιερεῖν δέ γε θύοντας εἰκός ἡ γὰρ ἀρχὴ καὶ τὸ ἱερεῖον οὐ δημόσιον ἀλλὰ τῶν κρατούντων ἐστίν. ἔτι δὲ τοῦ Θε …

All forms of κρατέω (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.