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1 Continence
Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Continence
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2 continent
I ['kontinənt] noun1) (one of the great divisions of the land surface of the world - Europe, America, Australia, Asia or Africa.) ήπειρος2) (Europe excluding Britain: We are going to the continent for our holidays.) ηπειρωτική Ευρώπη•- continental breakfast
- continental shelf II ['kontinənt] adjective(able to control especially the bladder and/or bowel.) εγκρατής -
3 Chastity
subs.V. ἅγνευμα, τό, P. ἁγνεία, ἡ.Maidenhood: V. παρθενεία, ἡ.Continence: P. ἐγκράτεια, ἡ, P. and V. τὸ σῶφρον, τὸ σωφρονεῖν (Eur., El. 923).Personified: V. Ἀιδώς (Eur., Hipp. 78).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Chastity
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