ἄκρατος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-) +‎ κεράννυμι (keránnumi) +‎ -τος (-tos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.kraː.tos/ → /ˈa.kra.tos/ → /ˈa.kra.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.kraː.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kra.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kra.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kra.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kra.tos/

Adjective

ἄκρᾱτος • (ákrātos) m or f (neuter ἄκρᾱτον); second declension

1. unmixed, neat, sheer (of liquids)
2. pure, simple (of any object)
3. pure, absolute (of qualities)
4. intemperate, violent (of persons)

Inflection

Second declension of ᾰ̓́κρᾱτος; ᾰ̓́κρᾱτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓́κρᾱτος ákrātos	ᾰ̓́κρᾱτον ákrāton		ᾰ̓κρᾱ́τω akrā́tō	ᾰ̓κρᾱ́τω akrā́tō		ᾰ̓́κρᾱτοι ákrātoi	ᾰ̓́κρᾱτᾰ ákrāta
Genitive		ᾰ̓κρᾱ́του akrā́tou	ᾰ̓κρᾱ́του akrā́tou		ᾰ̓κρᾱ́τοιν akrā́toin	ᾰ̓κρᾱ́τοιν akrā́toin		ᾰ̓κρᾱ́των akrā́tōn	ᾰ̓κρᾱ́των akrā́tōn
Dative		ᾰ̓κρᾱ́τῳ akrā́tōi	ᾰ̓κρᾱ́τῳ akrā́tōi		ᾰ̓κρᾱ́τοιν akrā́toin	ᾰ̓κρᾱ́τοιν akrā́toin		ᾰ̓κρᾱ́τοις akrā́tois	ᾰ̓κρᾱ́τοις akrā́tois
Accusative		ᾰ̓́κρᾱτον ákrāton	ᾰ̓́κρᾱτον ákrāton		ᾰ̓κρᾱ́τω akrā́tō	ᾰ̓κρᾱ́τω akrā́tō		ᾰ̓κρᾱ́τους akrā́tous	ᾰ̓́κρᾱτᾰ ákrāta
Vocative		ᾰ̓́κρᾱτε ákrāte	ᾰ̓́κρᾱτον ákrāton		ᾰ̓κρᾱ́τω akrā́tō	ᾰ̓κρᾱ́τω akrā́tō		ᾰ̓́κρᾱτοι ákrātoi	ᾰ̓́κρᾱτᾰ ákrāta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓κρᾱ́τως akrā́tōs			ᾰ̓κρᾱτότερος akrātóteros			ᾰ̓κρᾱτότᾰτος akrātótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀκρατίζομαι (akratízomai)
• ἀκρατισμός (akratismós)
• ἀκρατοκώθων (akratokṓthōn)
• ἀκρατοποσία (akratoposía)
• ἀκρατοποτέω (akratopotéō)
• ἀκρατοπότης (akratopótēs)
• ἀκρατότης (akratótēs)
• ἀκρατοφόρος (akratophóros)

 

Further reading

• “ἄκρατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄκρατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄκρατος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄκρατος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)