Hellas Alive Dictionary - ακρατεια

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ἀκράτεια

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκράτεια

Structure: ἀκρατει (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: a)krath/s

Sense

want of power, debility
incontinence, want of self-control

Declension

First declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἀκράτεια	ἀκρατείᾱ	ἀκράτειαι
Genitive	ἀκρατείᾱς	ἀκρατείαιν	ἀκρατειῶν
Dative	ἀκρατείᾱͅ	ἀκρατείαιν	ἀκρατείαις
Accusative	ἀκράτειαν	ἀκρατείᾱ	ἀκρατείᾱς
Vocative	ἀκράτεια	ἀκρατείᾱ	ἀκράτειαι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

λογιστικοῦ ἡ ἀφροσύνη, τοῦ δὲ θυμοειδοῦσ ἥ τε ὀργιλότησ καὶ ἡ δειλία, τοῦ δὲ ἐπιθυμητικοῦ ἥ τε ἀκολασία καὶ ἡ ἀκράτεια, ὅλησ δὲ τῆσ ψυχῆσ ἥ τε ἀδικία καὶ ἀνελευθεριότησ καὶ μικροψυχία. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 6:1)
ἀκράτεια δ’ ἐστὶ κακία τοῦ ἐπιθυμητικοῦ, καθ’ ἣν παρασύρουσι τῇ ἀλογίᾳ τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν ὠθοῦσαν ἐπὶ τὰσ τῶν φαύλων ἡδονῶν ἀπολαύσεισ. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 12:4)
καὶ σχεδὸν δὴ πάντα ὁπόσα ἡδονῶν ἀκράτεια καὶ ὄνειδοσ ὡσ ἑκόντων λέγεται τῶν κακῶν, οὐκ ὀρθῶσ ὀνειδίζεται· (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 454:2)
ὑμεῖσ μὲν γὰρ οὐκ ἴστε αὐτῶν πέρι τὴν τῆσ διαφορᾶσ αἰτίαν, ἀλλ’ ἡγεῖσθε ἀκρατείᾳ μόνον ἡδονῶν τε καὶ ἐπιθυμιῶν ἐπὶ τὸν ἀσεβῆ βίον ὁρμᾶσθαι τὰσ ψυχὰσ αὐτῶν. (Plato, Laws, book 10 10:5)
οἳ δὲ μὴ παρεῖεν, τούτουσ ἡγεῖτο ἢ ἀκρατείᾳ τινὶ ἢ ἀδικίᾳ ἢ ἀμελείᾳ ἀπεῖναι. (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 1 20:3)

Synonyms

want of power
- ἐγκράτεια (self control)
- ἀπαιδευσία (from want of control over)
incontinence
- ἐγκράτεια (self control)
- ἀπαιδευσία (from want of control over)

βαναυσία (handicraft)
λαιμαργία (gluttony)
ἀρρυθμία (want of rhythm or proportion)
κήλησις (an enchanting)
ἀναλγησία (want of feeling)
φιλοκέρδεια (love of gain)
ἀλογιστία (thoughtlessness)
γλυκυθῡμίᾱ (sweetness of mind)
μικροψυχία (littleness of soul)
ἐμμενετικός (disposed to abide)
σωφρονίζω (to recal)
βλακεία (laziness)
ἀποτυγχάνω (to fail in hitting or gaining)
ἐπιτίμησις (censure)
ἀναπλήρωσις (a filling up)
προετικός (apt to throw away)
ψεκτός (blamed)
ὑπομενετέος (one must sustain)
ἀκινησίᾱ (quiescence)
δοξοκοπία (thirst for popularity)
μισανθρωπία (hatred of mankind)
ἀμεταμέλητος (not to be repented of)
γαστριμαργία (gluttony)
ἀδυναμία (want of strength or power)
ἐπιχαιρεκακίᾱ (joy at the misfortune of another)
δύσζηλος (exceeding jealous)
ἀλγηδών (a sense of pain)
αἰσχρολογία (foul language)
ἐκστατικός (inclined to depart from)
ψέκτης (a censurer)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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ἀκράτεια

Sense

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want of power

incontinence

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ἀκράτεια

Sense

Declension

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want of power

incontinence

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