ἀκρατής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἀκρατές, ([[κράτος]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[powerless]], [[impotent]], γῆρας S.''OC''1236; παιδία Hp.Aër.10; of paralysed limbs, ''IG''4.951.22 (Epid.), Aret.''SD''1.7.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in Law, [[invalid]], πρῆσις ''GDI''5653 (Chios), cf. ''IG''12(8).267.12 (Thasos).<br><span class="bld">II</span> c. gen. rei, [[not]] having [[power]] or [[command]] [[over]] a thing, γλώσσης [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''884; <b class="b3">φωνῆς, παντὸς τοῦ σώματος, ἑωυτοῦ</b>, Hp.''Morb.''1.3, ''Art.''48, ''Morb.''2.6; ὀργῆς Th.3.84; θυμοῦ Pl.''Lg.''869a; <b class="b3">ἀ. τῶν χειρῶν</b>, of persons [[with]] their [[hand]]s [[tied]], D.H.1.38; [[intemperate]] in the [[use]] of a thing, ἀφροδισίων, οἴνου, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.2.2, ''Oec.''12.11; <b class="b3">ἀ. κέρδους, τιμῆς</b> [[intemperate]] in [[pursuit]] of them, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1147b33; with Preps., ἀ. πρὸς τὸν οἶνον Id.''HA''594a10; περὶ τὰ πόματα Id.''PA''691a3: c. inf., <b class="b3">ἀ. εἴργεσθαί τινος</b> [[unable]] to [[refrain]] from... Pl.''Sph.''252c. Adv. [[ἀκρατῶς]], Ion. [[ἀκρατέως]], [[διακεῖσθαι]] Hp.Acut.(Sp.)55.<br><span class="bld">2</span> abs. in moral sense, [[without command over]] oneself or one's [[passion]]s, [[incontinent]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1145b11; ἀ. στόμα Ar.''Ra.''838; νηδύς Aristias 3. Adv. [[ἀκρατῶς]], ἔχειν πρός τι Pl. ''Lg.''710a.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of things, [[uncontrolled]], [[immoderate]], δαπάνη ''AP'' 9.367 (Luc.); <b class="b3">οὖρον.. ἀκρατές</b> [[incontinence]] of [[urine]], Aret.''SA''1.6; cf. ἀκρᾰτί.