ἄκρατος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[ἄκρητος]], ον : ([[κεράννυμι]]):<br><span class="bld">1</span> of liquids, [[unmixed]], [[neat]], especially of [[wine]], Od.24.73; [[ἄκρητοι σπονδαί]] drink offerings of [[pure]] [[wine]], Il.2.341, 4.159; [[οἶνος]] [[πάνυ]] ἄκρατος = very [[strong]] [[wine]], X.An.4.5.27; [[οἶνος ἄκρητος]] = [[wine]] without [[water]], Hdt.1.207, etc.; [[ἄκρατος]] (without [[οἶνος]]) Ar.Eq.105, etc.; ὁ πολὺς ἄκρατος ὁλίγ' ἀναγκάζει [[φρονεῖν]] =  much makes your senses crooked, if you take it straight Men.779, cf. Call.Epigr.43, Phoen.3.3; [[ἄκρατον]], [[τό]], Arist.Po.1461a15; γάλα Od.9.297; αἷμα A.Ch.578, etc. (without αἷμα Hp.Epid.1.26.ά); [[χυμός]] Hp.VM14; ὑποχωρήσιες Id.Aph.7.6; διάρροια Th.2.49. Adv. [[ἀκράτως]] Hp.Prorrh.2.24 ([[ἀκρίτως]] Littre).<br><span class="bld">2</span> of any objects, ἄ. [[σώμα]]τα = [[pure]], [[simple]] bodies, Pl.Ti.57c; ἄ. [[χρῶμα]] Hp.Acut.42; ἄ. [[μέλαν]] [[pure]] [[black]], Thphr.Col.26; ἄ. [[νύξ]] Ael.Fr.262, cf.NA12.33; ἄ. σκότος Plu. Nic.21; ἄ. σκιά Id.2.932b.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of qualities, [[pure]], [[absolute]], ἄ. νοῦς X.Cyr.8.7.20; πῶς . . ἡ ἄ. δικαιοσύνη πρὸς ἀδικίαν τὴν ἄ. ἔχει Pl.R.545a, cf. 491e. Adv. [[ἀκράτως]] Lg.731d.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of [[condition]]s or [[state]]s, [[pure]], [[untempered]], [[absolute]], [[ἐλευθερία]], [[ἡδονή]], R.562d, Lg.793a; ὀλιγαρχία Arist.Pol.1273b37, etc.; παρρησία Demad.18; νόμων ἀποτομία POxy. 237 vii 40 (ii A. D.); ἄ. [[νόμος]] [[absolute]] [[law]], Pl.Lg.723a; ἄ. [[ψεῦδος]] [[sheer]] [[lie]], Id.R.382c. Adv. [[ἀκράτως]] [[absolutely]], [[entirely]], ἀ. [[μέλας]], [[λευκός]], Ael. NA16.11, Luc.DMar.1.3.<br><span class="bld">5</span> of persons, [[intemperate]], [[violent]], ἄ. ὀργήν A.Pr.678; of sleep, ἄ. [[ἐλθέ]] come with all thy [[power]], E.Cyc. 602.<br><span class="bld">6</span> of [[feeling]]s, ἄ. [[ὀργή]] Alcid. ap. Arist.Rh.1406a10; ἵμερος S.Fr.941; ἄ. καῦμα AP9.71 (Antiphil.); φόβος EM621.13; τὸ τῆς δεισιδαιμονίας ἄ. J.BJ2.9.3, etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Comp. [[ἀκρατέστερος]], Ion. [[ἀκρητέστερος]] (as if fr. [[ἀκρατής]]) Hp.VM5, Hyp.Dem.Fr.(b), Arist.Pr.871a16, Thphr. Od.24: Sup. [[ἀκρατέστατος]] Pl.Phlb.53a: but [[ἀκρατότερος]] Plu.2.677c.