- ἀκρατής
- ἀκρατ-ής, ές, ([etym.] κράτος)A powerless, impotent,
γῆρας S.OC1236
;παιδία Hp.
Aër.10; of paralysed limbs, IG4.951.22 (Epid.), Aret.SD1.7.2 in Law, invalid,πρῆσις GDI5653
([place name] Chios), cf. IG12(8).267.12 ([place name] Thasos).II c. gen. rei, not having power or command over a thing,γλώσσης A.Pr.884
; φωνῆς, παντὸς τοῦ σώματος, ἑωυτοῦ, Hp.Morb.1.3, Art.48, Morb.2.6;ὀργῆς Th.3.84
;θυμοῦ Pl.Lg.869a
; ἀ. τῶν χειρῶν, of persons with their hands tied, D.H.1.38; intemperate in the use of a thing, ἀφροδισίων, οἴνου, X.Mem.1.2.2, Oec.12.11; ἀ. κέρδους, τιμῆς intemperate in pursuit of them, Arist.EN1147b33; with Preps.,ἀ. πρὸς τὸν οἶνον Id.HA594a10
;περὶ τὰ πόματα Id.PA691a3
: c. inf., ἀ. εἴργεσθαί τινος unable to refrain from . ., Pl.Sph.252c. Adv. -τῶς, [dialect] Ion.-τέως, διακεῖσθαι Hp.
Acut.(Sp.)55.2 abs. in moral sense, without command over oneself or one's passions, incontinent, Arist.EN1145b11;ἀ. στόμα Ar.Ra.838
;νηδύς Aristias 3
. Adv.ἀκρατῶς, ἔχειν πρός τι Pl. Lg.710a
.3 of things, uncontrolled, immoderate,δαπάνη AP 9.367
(Luc.); οὖρον . . ἀκρατές incontinence of urine, Aret.SA1.6; cf. ἀκρᾰτί.
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