ἀκράτεια
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ᾰ̓κρᾰσῐ́ᾱ (ăkrăsĭ́ā)
Etymology
[edit]From ᾰ̓κρᾰτής (ăkrătḗs, “powerless”) + -ῐᾰ (-ĭă), from ᾰ̓- (ă-, “not”) + κρᾰ́τος (krắtos, “strength, might”) + -ής (-ḗs).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.krá.teː.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈkra.ti.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈkra.ti.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈkra.ti.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈkra.ti.a/
Noun
[edit]ᾰ̓κρᾰ́τειᾰ • (ăkrắteiă) f (genitive ᾰ̓κρᾰτείᾱς); first declension
- lack of power, debility
- lack of self-control, incontinence
- self-indulgence
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓κρᾰ́τειᾰ hē ăkrắteiă |
τὼ ᾰ̓κρᾰτείᾱ tṑ ăkrăteíā |
αἱ ᾰ̓κρᾰ́τειαι hai ăkrắteiai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓κρᾰτείᾱς tês ăkrăteíās |
τοῖν ᾰ̓κρᾰτείαιν toîn ăkrăteíain |
τῶν ᾰ̓κρᾰτειῶν tôn ăkrăteiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓κρᾰτείᾳ têi ăkrăteíāi |
τοῖν ᾰ̓κρᾰτείαιν toîn ăkrăteíain |
ταῖς ᾰ̓κρᾰτείαις taîs ăkrăteíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓κρᾰ́τειᾰν tḕn ăkrắteiăn |
τὼ ᾰ̓κρᾰτείᾱ tṑ ăkrăteíā |
τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓κρᾰτείᾱς tā̀s ăkrăteíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓κρᾰ́τειᾰ ăkrắteiă |
ᾰ̓κρᾰτείᾱ ăkrăteíā |
ᾰ̓κρᾰ́τειαι ăkrắteiai | ||||||||||
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References
[edit]- “ἀκράτεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀκράτεια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)