ἀκρασία
Κινδυνεύουσι γὰρ ὅσοι τυγχάνουσιν ὀρθῶς ἁπτόμενοι φιλοσοφίας λεληθέναι τοὺς ἄλλους ὅτι οὐδὲν ἄλλο αὐτοὶ ἐπιτηδεύουσιν ἢ ἀποθνῄσκειν τε καὶ τεθνάναι → Actually, the rest of us probably haven't realized that those who manage to pursue philosophy as it should be pursued are practicing nothing else but dying and being dead (Socrates via Plato, Phaedo 64a.5)
English (LSJ)
(A), Ion. ἀκρησίη, ἡ, (ἄκρᾱτος)
A bad mixture, ill temperature, opp. εὐκρασία, ἀ. ἀέρος an unwholesome climate, Thphr.CP3.2.5; διὰ τὴν ἀκρησίην, of meats, Hp.VM7; χυμῶν ἀκρησίαι ib.18.
ἀκρᾰσ-ία (B), Ion. ἀκρᾰ-σίη,
A = ἀκράτεια, Archil.Supp.2.10, Democr. 234, D.2.18, X.Mem.4.5.6, Isoc.15.221 (pl.), Arist.EN1145a16, Men. 544, Ev.Matt.23.25, etc.; βρώσιος Dialex.1.3.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀκρᾱσία: ἡ, (ἄκρᾱτος), κακὴ μῖξις, κακὴ σύγκρασις θερμοκρασίας, ἀντίθ. τῷ εὐκρασία, ἀκρ. ἀέρος, μὴ ὑγιεινὴ κατάστασις τοῦ ἀέρος, Θεοφρ. Αἰτ. Φ. 3. 2, 5· διὰ τὴν ἀκρησίην, τῶν τροφῶν (ἂν μὴ ἀναγνωστέον ἀκρᾰσίην, = ἀκράτειαν), Ἱππ. Ἀρχ. Ἰητρ. 10.
