- αὐτάρκεια
- αὐτάρκεια, ας, ἡ (s. αὐτάρκης) ‘self-sufficiency’ in the sense of ‘independence’, then gener. ‘sufficiency’① external, state of having what is adequate, sufficiency, a competence (Pla. et al. αὐ. means the state of one who supports himself without aid fr. others, cp. Theoph. Ant. I 6 [p. 72, 2], but in POxy 729, 10 [137 A.D.] it is ‘sufficient supply’; of God’s allocation ἐν συμμετρίᾳ αὐταρκείας PsSol 5:16; sufficient citation of Biblical references Just., D. 73, 6) Hs 1:6; πᾶσαν αὐ. ἔχειν (PFlor 242, 8 ἵνα δυνηθῇς ἔχειν τ. αὐτάρκιαν) have enough of everything 2 Cor 9:8.② internal, state of being content w. one’s circumstances, contentment, self-sufficiency, a favorite virtue of the Cynics and Stoics (Epicurus in Diog. L. 10, 130; Stoic. III p. 67, 3; 68, 5; Stob. III p. 101, 16 [Epict.]; 265, 13 H.; Teles p. 5, 1; cp. 11, 5; 38, 10f H.; Sextus 98. Cp. GGerhard, Phoinix v. Kolophon 1909, 57ff; Tat.) 1 Ti 6:6; Hm 6, 2, 3.—DELG s.v. ἀρκέω. M-M. TW. Sv.
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