ἀκρατής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀ- (a-, “power”) + κράτος (krátos) + -ής (-ḗs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.kra.tɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.kraˈte̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.kraˈtis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.kraˈtis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.kraˈtis/
Adjective
ἀκρᾰτής • (akrătḗs) m or f (neuter ἀκρᾰτές); third declension
- powerless, impotent
- not having power or command [with genitive ‘over’]
- intemperate in the use of [with genitive or περί (perí)]
- incontinent
- immoderate
For quotations using this term, see Citations:ἀκρατής.
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | ᾰ̓κρᾰτής ăkrătḗs |
ᾰ̓κρᾰτές ăkrătés |
ᾰ̓κρᾰτεῖ ăkrăteî |
ᾰ̓κρᾰτεῖ ăkrăteî |
ᾰ̓κρᾰτεῖς ăkrăteîs |
ᾰ̓κρᾰτῆ ăkrătê | ||||||||
| Genitive | ᾰ̓κρᾰτοῦς ăkrătoûs |
ᾰ̓κρᾰτοῦς ăkrătoûs |
ᾰ̓κρᾰτοῖν ăkrătoîn |
ᾰ̓κρᾰτοῖν ăkrătoîn |
ᾰ̓κρᾰτῶν ăkrătôn |
ᾰ̓κρᾰτῶν ăkrătôn | ||||||||
| Dative | ᾰ̓κρᾰτεῖ ăkrăteî |
ᾰ̓κρᾰτεῖ ăkrăteî |
ᾰ̓κρᾰτοῖν ăkrătoîn |
ᾰ̓κρᾰτοῖν ăkrătoîn |
ᾰ̓κρᾰτέσῐ ᾰ̓κρᾰτέσῐν ăkrătésĭ(n) |
ᾰ̓κρᾰτέσῐ ᾰ̓κρᾰτέσῐν ăkrătésĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | ᾰ̓κρᾰτῆ ăkrătê |
ᾰ̓κρᾰτές ăkrătés |
ᾰ̓κρᾰτεῖ ăkrăteî |
ᾰ̓κρᾰτεῖ ăkrăteî |
ᾰ̓κρᾰτεῖς ăkrăteîs |
ᾰ̓κρᾰτῆ ăkrătê | ||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓κρᾰτές ăkrătés |
ᾰ̓κρᾰτές ăkrătés |
ᾰ̓κρᾰτεῖ ăkrăteî |
ᾰ̓κρᾰτεῖ ăkrăteî |
ᾰ̓κρᾰτεῖς ăkrăteîs |
ᾰ̓κρᾰτῆ ăkrătê | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ᾰ̓κρᾰτῶς ăkrătôs |
ᾰ̓κρᾰτέστερος ăkrătésteros |
ᾰ̓κρᾰτέστᾰτος ăkrătéstătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀκράτεια (akráteia)
Descendants
Further reading
Further reading
- ἀκρατής, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “ἀκρατής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀκρατής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
- ἀκρατής in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀκρατής in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
- G193 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- dissipated idem, page 239.
- dissolute idem, page 240.
- immoderate idem, page 418.
- incontinent idem, page 430.
- intemperate idem, page 448.
- lascivious idem, page 477.
- libidinous idem, page 488.
- licentious idem, page 488.
- lustful idem, page 505.
- profligate idem, page 653.
- self-indulgent idem, page 751.
- sensual idem, page 753.
- unbridled idem, page 908.
- uncontrollable idem, page 911.
- ungovernable idem, page 919.
- unregulated idem, page 929.
- unrestrained idem, page 930.
- unruly idem, page 930.
- untamable idem, page 934.
- wild idem, page 979.