4 Maccabees 1:30 (Brenton): For reasoning is the leader of the virtues, but it is the sole ruler of the passions. Observe then first, through the very things which stand in the way of temperance, that reasoning is absolute ruler of the passions.
Septuagint (LXX) interlinear — 4 Maccabees 1:30
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- ὁ ho the the pronoun, article, Nom Sing Masc G3588
- γὰρ gar For for particle G1063
- λογισμὸς logismos reasoning reasoning, thinking noun, Nom Sing Masc G3053
- τῶν ton the the pronoun, article, Gen Plur Fem G3588
- μὲν men truly, indeed particle G3303
- ἀρετῶν areton virtue, moral excellence noun, Gen Plur Fem G703
- ἐστιν estin is am, exist verb, Pres Act Ind 3rd Sing G1510
- ἡγεμών hegemon a governor noun, Nom Sing Masc G2232
- τῶν ton the the pronoun, article, Gen Plur Neut G3588
- δὲ de but but, on the other hand particle G1161
- παθῶν pathon passions suffering, emotion noun, Gen Plur Neut G3806
- αὐτοκράτωρ autokrator one's own master noun, Nom Sing Masc G375239
- ἐπιθεωρεῖτε epitheoreite consider verb, Pres Act Imperative 2nd Plur G375240
- τοίνυν toinun indeed now, therefore particle G5106
- πρῶτον proton first first, before adverb G4412
- διὰ dia through through, on account of preposition G1223
- τῶν ton the the pronoun, article, Gen Plur Neut G3588
- κωλυτικῶν kolutikon preventive adjective, Gen Plur Neut G375245
- τῆς tes the the pronoun, article, Gen Sing Fem G3588
- σωφροσύνης sophrosunes sanity, sobriety noun, Gen Sing Fem G4997
- ἔργων ergon work, labor noun, Gen Plur Neut G2041
- ὅτι hoti For that, since conjunction G3754
- αὐτοδέσποτός autodespotos absolute absolute master of noun, Nom Sing Masc G375250
- ἐστιν estin is am, exist verb, Pres Act Ind 3rd Sing G1510
- τῶν ton the the pronoun, article, Gen Plur Neut G3588
- παθῶν pathon passions suffering, emotion noun, Gen Plur Neut G3806
- ὁ ho the the pronoun, article, Nom Sing Masc G3588
- λογισμός logismos reasoning reasoning, thinking noun, Nom Sing Masc G3053
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