κράτος
Alt. κάρτος, εος,
I. "strength, might", Hom., attic; κατὰ κράτος "with all one's might or strength, by open force, by storm", Thuc., Xen., etc.
2. personified, "Strength, Might", Aesch.
II. generally, "might, power", Hom.: "rule, sway, sovereignty", Hdt., attic
2. c. gen. "power over", Hdt., attic; in pl., ἀστραπᾶν κράτη νέμων Soph.
3. of persons, "a power, an authority", Aesch.
III. "mastery, victory", Hom., attic; κρ. ἀριστείας "the meed" of highest valour, Soph.