ἀκρατής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές, (κράτος) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">powerless, impotent</b>, 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in Law, <b class="b2">invalid</b>, πρῆσις <span class="title">GDI</span>5653 (Chios), cf. <span class="title">IG</span>12(8).267.12 (Thasos). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> c. gen. rei, <b class="b2">not having power</b> or <b class="b2">command over</b> 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 <b class="b2">with</b> their hands <b class="b2">tied</b>, <span class="bibl">D.H.1.38</span>; <b class="b2">intemperate in the use of</b> a thing, <b class="b3">ἀφροδισίων, οἴνου</b>, <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> <b class="b2">intemperate in pursuit of</b> 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> <b class="b2">unable to</b> refrain from... <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>252c</span>. Adv. <b class="b3">-τῶς</b>, Ion. -τέως, διακεῖσθαι Hp.<b class="b2">Acut.(Sp.)</b>55. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> abs. in moral sense, <b class="b2">without command over</b> oneself or one's passions, <b class="b2">incontinent</b>, <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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of things, <b class="b2">uncontrolled, immoderate</b>, δαπάνη <span class="title">AP</span> 9.367 (Luc.); <b class="b3">οὖρον . . ἀκρατές</b> <b class="b2">incontinence</b> of urine, <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SA</span>1.6</span>; cf. [[ἀκρᾰτί]].</span>