ἐπικράτησις

εως, ἡ
A. mastering, conquest of, Αἰγινητῶν Th. 1.41.
II. . supreme power, ἡ τοῦ Καίσαρος ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ D.C. 47.21.
III. . of things, prevalence, Gal. 4.629, 19.488; ἡ οὐκ ἴση ἐ. Plot. 5.7.2; ἐ. αἰθέρος, name given to the predominance of πῦρ τεχνικόν at the ἐκπύρωσις, Stoic. 2.185.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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