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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

  • "ἢ τί ὑμῖν δύναται τὸν ἄκρατον ἐπιχεῖν ; (Lucian, (no name) 16:19)
  • εἶτά σοι ἐσ τὴν ὑστεραίαν μία ἦν ἀπολογία ἡ μέθη καὶ ἐσ τὸν ἄκρατον ἀνέφευγεσ. (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 24:10)
  • τὸ γὰρ σφοδρὸν ἀνεὶσ καὶ ἄκρατον αὐτῆσ ἅμα τῷ φθόνῳ διέφυγε τὸν κίνδυνον. (Plutarch, Ad principem ineruditum, chapter, section 1 5:1)
  • ξενιζόμενοι δὲ πρὸσ βίαν ἐπίνομεν ἐξ ὑαλίνων ἐκπωμάτων καὶ χρυσίδων ἄκρατον οἶνον ἡδύν. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Prologue 3:5)
  • καὶ πρόσ γ’ ἄκρατον ἐγχέασ ἄμυστιν ἐξέλαψα. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Exodus, lyric1)

Synonyms

  1. unmixed

  2. pure

  3. intemperate

Related

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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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