ἀκράτεια

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ᾰ̓κρᾰσῐ́ᾱ (ăkrăsĭ́ā)

Etymology

From ᾰ̓κρᾰτής (ăkrătḗs, “powerless”) +‎ -ῐᾰ (-ĭă), from ᾰ̓- (ă-, “not”) +‎ κρᾰ́τος (krắtos, “strength, might”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.krá.teː.a/ → /aˈkra.ti.a/ → /aˈkra.ti.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.krá.teː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈkra.ti.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈkra.ti.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈkra.ti.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈkra.ti.a/

Noun

ᾰ̓κρᾰ́τειᾰ • (ăkrắteiă) f (genitive ᾰ̓κρᾰτείᾱς); first declension

1. lack of power, debility
2. lack of self-control, incontinence
3. self-indulgence

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓κρᾰ́τειᾰ; τῆς ᾰ̓κρᾰτείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἀκράτεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀκράτεια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)