αὐτάρκεια

αὐτάρκεια — autárkeia

αὐτάρκεια, αὐταρκείας, ἡ (αὐτάρκης, which see), a perfect condition of life, in which no aid or support is needed; equivalent to τελειότης κτήσεως ἀγαθῶν, Plato, def., p. 412 b.; often in Aristotle, (defined by him (pol. 7, 5 at the beginning, p. 1326{b}, 29) as follows: τό πάντα ὑπάρχειν καί δεῖσθαι μηθενός ἀυταρκες; cf. Lightfoot on Php 4:11); hence, a sufficiency of the necessaries of life: 2Co 9:8; subjectively, a mind contented with its lot, contentment: 1Ti 6:6; ((Diogenes Laërtius 10, 130).