Scriptorium tag: N
| 1. | abstaining, self-controlled (designation of ascetics in the Church) (substantive) | |
| ref: 2742 Bibliography: DDGLC | ||
| 2. | abstainer (Manichaean ascetic) (substantive) | |
| ref: 3967 Bibliography: DDGLC | ||
cf. Gr. (DDGLC lemma ID 2871) ἐγκρατής 
in possession of power, holding fast, having possession
of. adjective (LSJ 473b?; Preisigke 1:414?)
in possession of power, holding fast, having possession
of. adjective (LSJ 473b?; Preisigke 1:414?)
Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)
- ⲁⲩⲱ ⲥⲉⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ⲙⲡⲁⲓ ⲛϭⲓⲛⲥⲟⲫⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲅⲕⲣⲁⲧⲏⲥ ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲡⲁⲓ ⲣⲱ ⲉⲩⲡⲏⲧ ⲉⲡϫⲁⲓⲉ · And the wise men who were continent knew that this is so, and it was because of this very thing that they fled into the desert. Encomium on Demetrius Archbishop of Alexandria part 1 (urn:cts:copticLit:psflavianus.encomium.budge:1-23)ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲉϥⲟ ⲙⲙⲁⲓϣⲙⲙⲟ ⲙⲙⲁⲓ ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩϥ ⲛϩⲁⲕ ⲛⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥ ⲉϥⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲛⲉⲅⲕⲣⲁⲧⲏⲥ . but given to hospitality, as a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled; 56_Titus_1 (urn:cts:copticLit:nt.titus.sahidica:1)
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