Enkrateia (Greek ἐγκράτεια, "in power (over oneself)") from ἐν (en, “in”) + κράτος (krátos, “power”). Enkrateia comes from the adjective enkratês (ἐγκρατής from ἐν (en, “in”) + κράτος (krátos, “power”) meaning possession, power over something or someone else. During Socrates' life three of his disciples, Isocrates, Xenophon and Plato, transformed the adjective enkratês to the noun enkrateia and gave it a different meaning: with them, enkrateia meant not power over something or somebody else but power over yourself, power over your own passions and instincts, self-control.