ἀκράτωρ
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], ορος, ὁ,
A = ἀκρατής 1, S.Ph.486, Ph.1.116, al. II = ἀκρατής 11, ἀ. ἑαυτοῦ Pl.R.579c, Criti.121a; γαστέρων Theopomp. Hist.39, cf. Ph.2.357, Ael.Fr.90.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀκράτωρ: [ᾰ], -ορος, ὁ = ἀκρατὴς Ι, Σοφ. Φ. 486. ΙΙ. = ἀκρατής ΙΙ, ἀκρ. ἑαυτοῦ, Πλάτ. Πολ. 579C., Κριτί. 121Α.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ορος (ὁ, ἡ)
sans force pour (tomber à genoux), impuissant.
Étymologie: ἀ, κράτος.
Spanish (DGE)
-ορος, ὁ
• Prosodia: [-ᾰ-]
1 débil, imposibilitado ἀ. ὁ τλήμων S.Ph.486, cf. Ph.1.116.
2 que carece de control sobre c. gen. ἑαυτοῦ Pl.R.579c, Criti.121a, γαστέρων Theopomp.Hist.40
•que no se puede controlar respecto a c. gen. οἴνου καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἡδονῶν Iambl.Fr.63
•abs. de pasiones, etc. desenfrenado ἐπιθυμία Ph.1.488, ἡδονή Ph.2.305.
Greek Monolingual
ἀκράτωρ (-ορος), ο (Α)
1. αδύναμος, ασθενικός
2. αυτός που δεν έχει επιβολή, δεν εξουσιάζει κάποιον ή κάτι (βλ. και ακρατής).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Παράλληλος τ. της λ. ἀκρατής].
