A.powerless, impotent, “γῆρας” S.OC1236; “παιδία” Hp.Aër.10; of paralysed limbs, IG4.951.22 (Epid.), Aret.SD1.7.
II. c. gen. rei, not having power or command over a thing, “γλώσσης” A.Pr.884; φωνῆς, παντὸς τοῦ σώματος, ἑωυτοῦ, Hp.Morb.1.3, Art.48, Morb.2.6; “ὀργῆς” Th.3.84; “θυμοῦ” Pl.Lg.869a; ἀ. τῶν χειρῶν, of persons with their hands tied, D.H.1.38; intemperate in the use of a thing, ἀφροδισίων, οἴνου, X.Mem.1.2.2, Oec.12.11; ἀ. κέρδους, τιμῆς intemperate in pursuit of them, Arist.EN1147b33; with Preps., “ἀ. πρὸς τὸν οἶνον” Id.HA594a10; “περὶ τὰ πόματα” Id.PA691a3: c. inf., ἀ. εἴργεσθαί τινος unable to refrain from . ., Pl.Sph.252c. Adv. -τῶς, Ion. “-τέως, διακεῖσθαι” Hp.Acut.(Sp.)55.
2. abs. in moral sense, without command over oneself or one's passions, incontinent, Arist.EN1145b11; “ἀ. στόμα” Ar.Ra.838; “νηδύς” Aristias 3. Adv. “ἀκρατῶς, ἔχειν πρός τι” Pl. Lg.710a.
3. of things, uncontrolled, immoderate, “δαπάνη” AP 9.367 (Luc.); οὖρον . . ἀκρατές incontinence of urine, Aret.SA1.6; cf. ἀκρα^τί.