ἐγκρατέω

egkrateo

to be master of, exercise control over

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 3
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Book VII 3
Chapter 4 1147b20–1148b14

1147b22

Chapter 9 1151a29–1152a5

1151b7
1151b16
Eudemian Ethics 2
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Book II 1
Chapter 8 1223b37–1225a33

1224b9
Book III 1
Chapter 2 1230a34–1231b4

1231a24
De Anima 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 9 432a15–433a8

433a7
Rhetoric 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 12 1372a4–1373a38

1372b15

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐγκρατέω, A. to be master of, exercise control over, τῶ ἀλόγω Metop. ap. Stob. 3.1.115, cf. LXX Ex. 9.2.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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