ἐπικρατέω
ἐπικρᾰτ-έω ( Aeol.
ἐπικρᾰτ-κρετέω prob. in
Alc. 82 ),
II)..
prevail in battle, be victorious,
ἐπικρατέουσί περ ἔμπης [to them] though they
are victorious as it is,
Il. 14.98 , cf.
Ar. Lys. 767 ;
ἐ. ἢ ἀπόλλυσθαι conquer or die,
Hdt. 7.104 ;
ἐ. τῇ στάσι Id. 1.173 ;
ἐ. τὰ πλείω τοῦ πολέμου gain the advantage in most points in the war,
Th. 4.19 .
3).. rarely c. acc.,
master, conquer,
τὰς τῆς φύσεως ἁμαρτίας Isoc. 1.52 ;
δύο βασιλέας D.C. 36.16 :— Pass.,
-ηθεῖσα (sc.
ἡ δεξιά), in left-handed persons,
Sor. 1.111 .
4).. c. gen.,
become master of,
τῶν πραγμάτων Hdt. 4.164 ;
τῆς θαλάσσης Id. 1.17 ,al.;
τῶν πολίων, τῶν νεῶν,
Id. 6.32 ,
115 ;
τῆς ἀναγκαίου τροφῆς, τῆς ἀναβάσεως,
Th. 1.2 ,
7.42 ;
τῶν ἐρώτων Pi. N. 8.5 , etc.
b).. to be in possession of,[οἰκίας] PRyl. 160.3 (i A.D.), etc.
ShortDef
to rule over
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἐπικρατέω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
επικρατεω
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-39865
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἐπικρᾰτ-έω</span> ( Aeol. <span class="orth greek">ἐπικρᾰτ-κρετέω</span> prob. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:82" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:82/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alc.</span> 82 </a>), <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">rule over</span>, c. dat., <span class="quote greek">νήεσσιν ἐπικρατέουσιν ἄριστοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:214" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:10.214/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 10.214 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">νήσοισιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:245" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:1.245/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 1.245 </a> : abs., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">have</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hold power</span>, <span class="quote greek">εὖτ’ ἂν μηκέτ’ ἐπικρατέωσιν ἄνακτες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:17:320" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:17.320/canonical-url/"> 17.320 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:14:60" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:14.60/canonical-url/"> 14.60 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0232.tlg001:69" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0232.tlg001:69/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Archil.</span> 69 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span>. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">prevail in battle, be victorious</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ἐπικρατέουσί</span> <span class="foreign greek">περ ἔμπης</span> [to them] though they <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">are victorious</span> as it is, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:98" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:14.98/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 14.98 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:767" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:767/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lys.</span> 767 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐ. ἢ ἀπόλλυσθαι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">conquer</span> or die, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:104" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.104/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.104 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐ. τῇ</span> <span class="quote greek">στάσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:173" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.173/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 1.173 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐ. τὰ πλείω τοῦ πολέμου</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">gain the advantage</span> in most points in the war, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.19 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span>. freq. c.gen., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">prevail over, get the</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mastery of</span> an enemy, <span class="quote greek">ἐ. μάχῃ τῶν Γελῴων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:155" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.155/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.155 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τῶν ἐχθρῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:94" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.94/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 8.94 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg034.perseus-grc1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg034.perseus-grc1:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 34.4 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τῆς τινων πονηρίας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg022.perseus-grc1:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg022.perseus-grc1:16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 22.16 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐ. αὐτῶν </span>(<span class="foreign greek">-οῦ</span> codd.) <span class="foreign greek">παρὰ τῷ βασιλέϊ</span>, in a suit at law, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:65" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.65/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.65 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἰσχυρὰ ἐ. ἀνδρὸς Ἀνάγκη</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philet.</span> 8 </span> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐ. τοῦ πυρός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:86" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.86/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.86 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">γήρως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:752a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:752a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 752a </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὑμῶν -ήσω τῷ</span> <span class="quote greek">κοάξ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:267" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:267/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 267 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span>. rarely c. acc., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">master, conquer</span>, <span class="foreign greek">τὰς τῆς φύσεως</span> <span class="quote greek">ἁμαρτίας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg007.perseus-grc1:52" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg007.perseus-grc1:52/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 1.52 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">δύο βασιλέας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001:36:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001:36.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.C.</span> 36.16 </a> :— Pass., <span class="foreign greek">-ηθεῖσα</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">ἡ δεξιά</span>), in left-handed persons, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:1:111" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:1.111/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sor.</span> 1.111 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span>. c. gen., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">become</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">master of</span>, <span class="quote greek">τῶν πραγμάτων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:164" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.164/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.164 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τῆς θαλάσσης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 1.17 </a> ,al.; <span class="foreign greek">τῶν</span> <span class="foreign greek">πολίων, τῶν νεῶν</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 6.32 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:115" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:115/canonical-url/"> 115 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τῆς ἀναγκαίου τροφῆς, τῆς ἀναβάσεως</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.2 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:42" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.42/canonical-url/"> 7.42 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τῶν ἐρώτων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:8:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:8.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 8.5 </a> , etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span>. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be in possession of</span>,[<span class="foreign greek">οἰκίας</span>]<span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PRyl.</span> 160.3 </span> (i A.D.), etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span>. generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">prevail, be superior</span>, <span class="quote greek">πλήθεϊ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.2 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πολὺ τῷ ναυτικῷ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:93" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.93/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.93 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὰ πλείω τῷ πεζῷ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:63" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.63/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 7.63 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κατὰ θάλασσαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:1:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:1:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 7.1.6 </a> : c. inf., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">they carried the point that ..</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:46" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.46/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 5.46 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐπεκράτουν μὴ δέχεσθαι τοὺς Ἀθηναίους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:74" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.74/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 6.74 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span>. metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">prevail</span>, <span class="quote greek">τὸ ἀνθρώπινον ἦθος ἐπεκράτει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032:121b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032:121b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Criti.</span> 121b </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὸ δίκαιον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg009:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg009:16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epit.</span> 16 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τὸ ψῦχος, τὸ ὑγρόν</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:347b:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:347b.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mete.</span> 347b26 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg022:1210a:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg022:1210a.20/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">MM</span> 1210a20 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τὸ</span> <span class="quote greek">ὄνομα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:38:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:38:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 2.38.1 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὁ λόγος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:5:62" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:5.62/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 5.62 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὁ τραχὺς ἦχος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg290:994:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg290:994.33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Po.</span> 994.33 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span>. c. part., <span class="foreign greek">ἐ. διαιροῦντες</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">succeed</span> in keeping it open, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg012:773a:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg012:773a.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">GA</span> 773a29 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}