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ἀκράτ-εια

akrateia · ἡ

want of power, debility

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Where it lives

Virtues and Vices 2 · 13.49/10k
Laws 5 · 0.48/10k
Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k
Gorgias 1 · 0.38/10k
Cyropaedia 2 · 0.25/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

ἀκράτ-εια · akrat-eia — LSJ

want of power, debility

want of power, debility, νεύρων Hp. Aph. 5.16, Liqu. 1.

II incontinence, want of self-control

incontinence, want of self-control, opp. ἐγκράτεια, Pl. R. 461b, Lg. 734b, etc.; ἀ. ἡδονῶν τε καὶ ἐπιθυμιῶν ib. 886a, etc., cf. Ph. 2.406.

In the wild

ἀκράτεια · akrateia Aristotle, Virtues and Vices (DIORISIS sentence 18)
ἀκράτεια · akrateia Aristotle, Virtues and Vices (DIORISIS sentence 5)
ἀκρατίας · akratias Plato, Gorgias 525
ἀκράτειαν · akrateian Plato, Laws 636
ἀκρατείᾳ · akrateiai Plato, Laws 886
ἀκράτειαί · akrateiai Plato, Laws 908

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Where it came from

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