ἀκρατής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές, ([[κράτος]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[powerless]], [[impotent]], γῆρας <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1236</span>; παιδία Hp.Aër.10; of paralysed limbs, <span class="title">IG</span>4.951.22 (Epid.), <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SD</span>1.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in Law, [[invalid]], πρῆσις <span class="title">GDI</span>5653 (Chios), cf. <span class="title">IG</span>12(8).267.12 (Thasos). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> c. gen. rei, [[not]] having [[power]] or [[command]] [[over]] a thing, γλώσσης <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>884</span>; <b class="b3">φωνῆς, παντὸς τοῦ σώματος, ἑωυτοῦ</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Morb.</span>1.3</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Art.</span>48</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Morb.</span>2.6</span>; ὀργῆς <span class="bibl">Th.3.84</span>; θυμοῦ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>869a</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. τῶν χειρῶν</b>, of persons [[with]] their [[hand]]s [[tied]], <span class="bibl">D.H.1.38</span>; [[intemperate]] in the [[use]] of a thing, ἀφροδισίων, οἴνου, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.2.2</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Oec.</span>12.11</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. κέρδους, τιμῆς</b> [[intemperate]] in [[pursuit]] of them, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1147b33</span>; with Preps., ἀ. πρὸς τὸν οἶνον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>594a10</span>; περὶ τὰ πόματα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">PA</span>691a3</span>: c. inf., <b class="b3">ἀ. εἴργεσθαί τινος</b> [[unable]] to [[refrain]] from... <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>252c</span>. Adv. [[ἀκρατῶς]], Ion. [[ἀκρατέως]], [[διακεῖσθαι]] Hp.<b class="b2">Acut.(Sp.)</b>55. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> abs. in moral sense, [[without command over]] oneself or one's [[passion]]s, [[incontinent]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1145b11</span>; ἀ. στόμα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>838</span>; νηδύς <span class="bibl">Aristias 3</span>. Adv. [[ἀκρατῶς]], ἔχειν πρός τι <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Lg.</span>710a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of things, [[uncontrolled]], [[immoderate]], δαπάνη <span class="title">AP</span> 9.367 (Luc.); <b class="b3">οὖρον . . ἀκρατές</b> [[incontinence]] of [[urine]], <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SA</span>1.6</span>; cf. [[ἀκρᾰτί]].</span>