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ἀκόλᾰσ-τος

akolastos

undisciplined, unbridled

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Where it lives

Nicomachean Ethics 47 · 8.35/10k
Eudemian Ethics 15 · 5.75/10k
Gorgias 12 · 4.56/10k
Proverbia 3 · 2.7/10k
On the Cavalry Commander 1 · 1.74/10k
Protagoras 3 · 1.69/10k
Lysis 1 · 1.44/10k
Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
Lysistrata 1 · 1.26/10k
Plutus 1 · 1.24/10k
Phaedrus 2 · 1.2/10k
Apology 1 · 1.14/10k

Densest 12 of 32 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἀκόλᾰσ-τος · akolas-tos — LSJ

undisciplined, unbridled

undisciplined, unbridled, δῆμος Hdt. 3.81; ὄχλος E. Hec. 607; στράτευμα X. An. 2.6.10, cf. Ar. Nu. 1348, Pl. Prt. 341e, etc.

2 incontinent, licentious

esp. incontinent, licentious, S. Fr. 744; opp. σώφρων, Pl. Grg. 507c, Arist. EN 1117b32, al.; περί τι Id. HA 572a12; πρός τι 582a26. Adv. ἀκολάστως, ἔχειν Pl. Grg. 493c: Comp. -οτέρως, ἔχειν πρός τι X. Mem. 2.1.1, cf. Aen.Tact. 26.2, dub. in Vett.Val. 153.32, 271.12 (leg. ἀκοπιάστως).

II unpunished

unpunished, c. gen., App. Ill. 17.

In the wild

ἀκόλαστος · akolastos Aristophanes, Clouds 1345 (DIORISIS sentence 1049)
ἀκόλαστον · akolaston Aristophanes, Frogs 324–336
ἀκόλαστʼ · akolastʼ Aristophanes, Lysistrata 398 (DIORISIS sentence 304)
ἀκόλαστός · akolastos Aristophanes, Plutus (DIORISIS sentence 843)
ἀκόλαστος · akolastos Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 2
ἀκόλαστος · akolastos Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3

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Where it came from

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