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ἐγκρατείας (enkrateias)

ἐγκρατείας is an Ancient Greek form of ἐγκράτεια, meaning “self-control”. It is the genitive singular feminine noun.

Found 68 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 4.2.12: Περὶ τοῦ παιδίου α′. Περὶ ἐγκρατείας α′. Περὶ τοῦ ὠφελίμου α′. Περὶ τοῦ ἐλευθέρου α′. Περὶ θανάτου α′. Περὶ ἑκουσίου α′. Περὶ φιλίας α′ β′. Περὶ ἐ …

All forms of ἐγκράτεια (declension 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.