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|Definition=ἄκριτον, ([[κρίνω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[undistinguishable]], [[confused]], ἄκριτα πόλλ' ἀγορεύειν Od.8.505; [[τύμβος]] ἄκριτος = one [[common]] [[undistinguished]] [[grave]], Il. 7.337; ἄκριτος [[πάγος]] = [[confused]] [[mass]], Hp.''Septim.''6, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 465d, Philostr. ''Gym.''26; ἄ. [[ἔρις]] καὶ [[ταραχή]] D.18.18; ἄ. καιροί Demad.34.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[continual]], [[unceasing]], μῦθοι Il.2.796; ἄχεα 3.412: neut. as adverb, πενθήμεναι ἄκριτον αἰεί Od.18.174, 19.120; δηρὸν καὶ ἄκριτον ''h.Merc.''126; <b class="b3">ὄρος ἄκριτον</b> = [[continuous chain of]] [[mountain]]s, ''AP''6.225 (Nicaen.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> after Hom. in poets, [[countless]], ἄστρων ὄχλος Critias 19; μυρία φῦλα καὶ ἄ. Opp.''H.''1.80; ἄ. πλήθει Babr.33.3.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[undecided]], [[doubtful]], [[νείκεα]], [[ἄεθλος]], Il.14.205, Hes.''Sc.''311; <b class="b3">ἄ. τελευταί</b> [[which cannot be]] [[predicted]], B.9.45; <b class="b3">ἀκρίτων ὄντων</b> while the [[issue]] is [[doubtful]], Th.4.20; [[uncertain]], of weather-signs, Ὠρίων [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''361b31; <b class="b3">πυρετὸς ἄκριτος</b> = [[fever]] [[that will not come to a crisis]], Hp.Acut.(Sp.) 17. Adv. [[ἀκρίτως]] Id.''Epid.''1.3; <b class="b3">τὸ ἀκρίτως ξυνεχὲς τῆς ἁμίλλης</b> [[without decisive issue]], Th.7.71: neut. pl. as adverb, [[ἄκριτα]] δηρινθέντες Euph.94.3.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[unjudged]], [[untried]], of persons and things, <b class="b3">ἀκρίτους κτείνειν, ἀκρίτους ἀποκτεῖναι</b> [[without trial]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.80, Th.2.67, cf.Lys.19.7, D.17.3; ἄ. ἀποθανεῖν Antipho 5.48, cf. Th.8.48, etc.; [[πρᾶγμα]] ἄκριτον = [[cause]] [[not yet tried]], Isoc.19.2, cf. Pl.''Ti.''51c:—also, [[subject to no judge]], [[πρύτανις]] A.''Supp.''371. Adv. [[ἀκρίτως]], [[ἀποκτείνειν]] D.H.11.43, cf. Conon 28.1, [[LXX]] ''1 Ma.'' 2.37.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Act., [[not giving judgement]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.124; [[not capable of judging]], Parm.6.7, Plb.3.19.9, cf. Luc.''Am.''37; <b class="b3">ἄκριτα μηχανώμενοι</b> [[engage]]d in [[rash]] [[attempt]]s, E.''Andr.''549; [[κατ' ἄκριτον]] = [[recklessly]], Phld. ''Ir.''p.69 W. Adv. [[ἀκρίτως]] = [[rashly]], [[indiscreetly]], Plb.2.7.2, Epict.''Gnom.'' 65; [[indiscriminately]], [[ἐκφέρειν]] Procl.''in Prm.''p.553S.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[not exercising judgement]], [[undiscriminating]], of [[fate]], ''AP''7.439 (Theodorid.), cf. 5.283 (Rufin.); <b class="b3">ἄκριτε δαῖμον</b>, of [[death]], ''Epigr.Gr.''204.3 (Cnid.).