ἀκράτεια

akrateia

want of power, debility

Appears 8 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 5
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Book I 1
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636c6
Book V 1
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734b5
Book X 2
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908c2
886a9
Book XI 1
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934a4
Gorgias 1
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525a4
Republic 1
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Book V 1
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461b2
Timaeus 1
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86d6

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀκράτεια [κρᾰ], ἡ, (ἀκρατής) A. want of power, debility, νεύρων Hp. Aph. 5.16, Liqu. 1. II. 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.

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