ἐπικράτησις

ἐπικρᾰτ-ησις, εως, ἡ,

• 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.