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ἀκρατής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκρατής ἀκρατές

Structure: ἀκρατη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a_priv, kra/tos

Sense

  1. powerless, impotent
  2. not having power or command over, intemperate in the use of
  3. without command over, incontinent
  4. immoderate

Examples

  • ἐν δὲ τῷ ἀκρατεῖ καὶ ἐγκρατεῖ ἡ καθ’ αὑτὸν ὁρμὴ ἐνοῦσα ἄγει ἄμφω γὰρ ἔχει· (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 2 138:3)
  • καὶ γὰρ χρήσιμοσ ἂν εἰή πρὸσ τὴν προαίρεσιν, ὁ μὲν φαῦλοσ πρὸσ τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν τῷ σπουδαίῳ, ὃ δὲ τῷ μὲν ἀκρατεῖ πρὸσ τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν, τῷ δὲ φαύλῳ πρὸσ τὴν κατὰ φύσιν· (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 7 89:2)
  • ἐν γὰρ τῷ πονηρῷ διαφωνεῖ, οἱο͂ν ἐν τῷ ἀκρατεῖ. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 7 136:3)
  • ἔστι δ’ οὐ περὶ πάντα ἡ ὁμόνοια ἡ φιλική, ἀλλὰ περὶ τὰ πρακτὰ τοῖσ ὁμονοοῦσι, καὶ ὅσα εἰσ τὸ συζῆν συντείνει, οὔτε μόνον κατὰ διάνοιαν ἢ κατὰ ὄρεξιν ἔστι γὰρ τἀναντία τὸ κινοῦν ἐπιθυμεῖν, ὥσπερ ἐν τῷ ἀκρατεῖ διαφωνεῖ τοῦτο, οὐ δεῖ κατὰ τὴν προαίρεσιν ὁμονοεῖν καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 7 148:2)
  • ἀντίκειται δὲ τῷ μὲν ἀκρατεῖ ὁ ἐγκρατήσ, τῷ δὲ μαλακῷ ὁ καρτερικόσ· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 7 92:4)

Synonyms

  1. immoderate

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

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