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ἄκρατος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄκρατος ἄκρατη ἄκρατον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + κρατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kera/nnumi

Sense

  1. unmixed, sheer, without water
  2. pure, sheer, pure
  3. pure, untempered, absolute, sheer, absolutely
  4. intemperate, excessive, violent

Examples

  • εὐοσμότατα δὲ τὰ ἐν Κυρήνῃ, διὸ καὶ τὸ μύρον ἥδιστον, καὶ τῶν ἰών δὲ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἀνθέων ἄκρατοι μάλιστα καὶ θεῖαι αἱ ὀσμαί· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 29 2:1)
  • καὶ τοὐναντίον αὖ πάλιν αἱ μὲν ἄκρατοι πονηρίαι συνεπιτείνουσι τὸ μῖσοσ. (Plutarch, De invidia et odio, section 6 3:1)
  • "οὐ γῆ θερμότητοσ μετεῖχεν, οὐχ ὕδωρ πνεύματοσ, οὐκ ἄνω τι τῶν βαρέων οὐ κάτω τι τῶν κούφων, ἀλλ’ ἄκρατοι καὶ ἄστοργοι καὶ μονάδεσ αἱ τῶν ὅλων ἀρχαί, μὴ προσιέμεναι σύγκρισιν ἑτέρου πρὸσ ἕτερον μηδὲ κοινωνίαν, ἀλλὰ φεύγουσαι καὶ ἀποστρεφόμεναι καὶ φερόμεναι φορὰσ ἰδίασ καὶ αὐθάδεισ οὕτωσ εἶχον, ὡσ ἔχει πᾶν οὗ θεὸσ ἄπεστι, κατὰ Πλάτωνα, τουτέστιν, ὡσ ἔχει τὰ σώματα, νοῦ καὶ ψυχῆσ ἀπολιπούσησ· (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 12 2:7)

Synonyms

  1. unmixed

  2. pure

  3. intemperate

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

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