Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • χρῆται μὲν γὰρ ἐναντίοισ εἰσ τὰ ὅλα πράγμασι χρῆται δ’ οὐκ ἀκράτοισ οὐδ’ ἀντιτύποισ, ἀλλ’ ἐναλλάξ τινα θέσιν καὶ τάξιν οὐκ ἀναιρετικὴν ἀλλὰ κοινωνικὴν δι’ ἑτέρων καὶ συνεργὸν ἐν μέσῳ παρεμπλεκομένην ἔχουσι καὶ ταύτην εἴληφεν ὁ ἀήρ, ὑποκεχυμένοσ τῷ πυρὶ πρὸ τοῦ ὕδατοσ καὶ διαδιδοὺσ; (Plutarch, De primo frigido, chapter, section 15 6:2)
  • τὸ γὰρ ἰσχυρὸν αὐτοῦ πρὸσ ἅπαντα τῆσ γνώμησ καὶ καρτερὸν ὁρμάσ τε μεγάλασ καὶ τελεσιουργοὺσ τῶν καλῶν ἐξέφερε, θυμοῖσ τε αὖ πάλιν χρώμενον ἀκράτοισ καὶ φιλονεικίαισ ἀτρέπτοισ οὐ ῥᾴδιον οὐδ’ εὐάρμοστον ἀνθρώποισ συνεῖναι παρεῖχεν, ἀλλὰ τὴν ἐν ἡδοναῖσ καὶ πόνοισ καὶ ὑπὸ χρημάτων ἀπάθειαν αὐτοῦ θαυμάζοντεσ καὶ ὀνομάζοντεσ ἐγκράτειαν καὶ δικαιοσύνην καὶ ἀνδρείαν, ἐν ταῖσ πολιτικαῖσ αὖ πάλιν ὁμιλίαισ ὡσ ἐπαχθῆ καὶ ἄχαριν καὶ ὀλιγαρχικὴν ἐδυσχέραινον. (Plutarch, Lives, chapter 1 3:1)
  • ἐγὼ δὲ μᾶλλον ἐν τοῖσ ἀφ’ αὑτοῦ καὶ ἀδιδάκτοισ τοῦ θηρίου πάθεσι καὶ κινήμασιν, ὥσπερ ἀκράτοισ καὶ ἀπαραχύτοισ, ἐμφαινομένην ὁρῶ τὴν σύνεσιν. (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 12 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. unmixed

  2. pure

  3. intemperate

Related

Similar forms

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

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