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

  • εἰ μέν τισ ἀκρατέστερον ἔπιεν, ἐλύπει σε. (Hyperides, Speeches, 11:1)
  • δείξω δὲ ὅτι καὶ ὁ κύαθοσ εἴρηται καὶ τὸ ἀκρατέστερον, καὶ περὶ οἰνοχόων, πρότερον δέ μοι λελέξεται περὶ τοῦ ζωρότερον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 21 5:1)
  • δ’ ἐν τῇ ἐνάτῃ τῶν ἱστοριῶν καὶ ποταμόν τινα ἀναγράφει Κύαθον καλούμενον περὶ Ἀρσινόην πόλιν Αἰτωλίασ, τῷ δὲ ἀκρατέστερον Ὑπερείδησ κέχρηται ἐν τῷ κατὰ Δημοσθένουσ γράφων οὕτωσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 23 3:1)
  • ’εἰ μέν τισ ἀκρατέστερον ἔπιεν, ἐλύπει σέ τούτῳ ὅμοιόν ἐστι τὸ ’ ἀνιηρέστερον καὶ τὸ ἐν Ἡλιάσιν Αἰσχύλου ’ἀφθονέστερον λίβα καὶ Ἐπίχαρμοσ δὲ ἐν Πύρρᾳ εὐωνέστερον ἔφη. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 241)
  • καὶ αὐτοὶ δ’ οἱ Λάκωνεσ ὅταν βούλωνται ἀκρατέστερον πίνειν, ἐπισκυθίσαι λέγουσι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 29 1:2)
  • ἀλλ’ ἀκρατέστερόν μοι, ὦ παῖ, τῷ κυάθῳ πληρῶν ἔγχει εἰσ τὴν κύλικα, μὴ κατὰ τὸν κωμῳδιοποιὸν Ἀντιφάνην, ὃσ ἐν Διδύμοισ φησί· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 21 4:1)

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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