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

  • καὶ τὸ ἔποσ φύγεν ἑρ́κοσ ὀδόντων, καὶ τὸ ἔνια ἐξίπτασθαι τῶν ῥημάτων αὐτόματα τοῖσ ἀνασκήτοισ μάλιστα θυμοῖσ οἱο͂ν ὀλισθάνουσι καὶ διαρρέουσιν ἐπιγίγνεται δι’ ἀσθένειαν θυμοῦ, δι’ ἀκρατῆ γνώμην, διαίτῃ θρασείᾳ. (Plutarch, De capienda ex inimicis utilitate, chapter, section 8 2:1)
  • ἐκάκιζον δὲ οἱ λοιποὶ τὸν μὴ πιόντα ἢ φαγόντα μετ’ αὐτῶν, ὡσ ἀκρατῆ καὶ πρὸσ τὴν κοινὴν ἀπομαλακιζόμενον δίαιταν ἐζημιοῦτο δὲ καὶ ὁ φανερὸσ γενόμενοσ. (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 62)
  • ἐκάκιζον δὲ οἱ λοιποὶ τὸν μὴ πιόντα ἢ φαγόντα μετ’ αὐτῶν, ὡσ ἀκρατῆ καὶ πρὸσ τὴν κοινὴν ἀπομαλακιζόμενον δίαιταν ἐζημιοῦτο δὲ καὶ ὁ φανερὸσ γενόμενοσ. (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 6 1:2)
  • διὸ περὶ τὸν ἐγκρατῆ καὶ τὸν ἀκρατῆ πλείστη ἀμφισβήτησισ ἐστίν. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 2 134:2)
  • αἱ μὲν οὖν περὶ τὸν ἀκρατῆ καὶ ἐγκρατῆ ἀπορίαι <αὗται> περὶ τοῦ βίᾳ πράττειν ἢ ἀμφοτέρουσ ἢ τὸν ἕτερον, ὥστε ἢ μὴ ἑκόντασ ἢ ἅμα βίᾳ καὶ ἑκόντασ, εἰ δὲ τὸ βίᾳ ἀκούσιον, ἅμα ἑκόντασ καὶ ἄκοντασ πράττειν· (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 2 144:2)

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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