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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

  • καὶ κατακλίσεισ ἠσκημένασ καὶ διακονίασ ἀκριβεῖσ καθ’ ἑκάστην ἐπιθυμίαν τε καὶ χρείαν, περὶ ταῦτα πάντα δεινῶσ ἐπτοημένοσ, μάλιστα μέντοι καὶ ἀκρατέστατα περὶ τὴν τῶν ἀφροδισίων ὀξεῖανκαὶ διάπυρον μανίαν θηλυκῶν τε καὶ ἀρρενικῶν μίξεων καὶ ἔτι πλειόνων ἀρρήτων καὶ ἀνωνύμων αἰσχρουργιῶν, ἐπὶ πάντα ὁμοίωσ τὰ τοιαῦτα φερόμενοσ καὶ ἄγων, οὐδὲν ἀπώμοτον οὐδὲ ἄπρακτον ποιούμενοσ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 119:1)

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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