ἄκρατος
Etym. κεράννυμι
1. of liquids, "unmixed, sheer", of wine, Od.:—esp., οἶνος ἄκρητος wine "without water", Lat. merum, Hdt.; and ἄκρατος without (οἶνος), Ar., etc.
2. metaph., ἄκρ. μέλαν "pure" black, Theophr.; ἄκρατος νύξ "sheer" night, Aesch.; ἄκρ. νοῦς "pure" intellect, Xen.
3. of conditions or states, "pure, untempered, absolute", ἐλευθερία, ἡδονή Plat.; ἄκρ. ψεῦδος a "sheer" lie, id=Plat.:—adv. -τως "absolutely", Luc.
4. of persons, "intemperate, excessive, violent", ἄκρατος ὀργήν Aesch.: so of things we feel, ἄκρ. ὀργή, ἄκρ. καῦμα, etc.
II. comp. ἀκρατέστερος, Sup. -έστατος (as if from ἀκρατής).