Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • Κριτίασ μὲν γὰρ τῶν ἐν τῇ ὀλιγαρχίᾳπάντων πλεονεκτίστατόσ τε καὶ βιαιότατοσ ἐγένετο, Ἀλκιβιάδησ δὲ αὖ τῶν ἐν τῇ δημοκρατίᾳ πάντων ἀκρατέστατόσ τε καὶ ὑβριστότατοσ. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , ael. v.h. 10. 13.2)
  • Κριτίασ μὲν γὰρ τῶν ἐν τῇ ὀλιγαρχίᾳ πάντων πλεονεκτίστατόσ τε καὶ βιαιότατοσ ἐγένετο, Ἀλκιβιάδησ δὲ αὖ τῶν ἐν τῇ δημοκρατίᾳ πάντων ἀκρατέστατόσ τε καὶ ὑβριστότατοσ. (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 2 15:2)

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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