Ἀκρατοπότης

unmixed-wine-drinker

Translated by Oliver Phillips ✝1 May 2000Vetting: high4 revisions

9 words

[Meaning] a drunkard, one who drinks unmixed wine insatiably.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀκρατοπότης· ὁ μέθυσος, ὁ τὸν ἄκρατον οἶνον ἀπλήστως πίνων.

Betacode

*)akratopo/ths: o( me/qusos, o( to\n a)/kraton oi)=non a)plh/stws pi/nwn.

Notes

The word (LSJ entry at web address 1) is particularly associated with king Cleomenes of Sparta, who picked up this habit from the Scythians: Herodotus 6.84; cf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 10.427B-C (10.29 Kaibel), 10.436E (10.48 Kaibel); Aelian, Varia Historia 2.41. But see also under zeta 163, kappa 203.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

α964ἌκρατοςunmixedXenophon [writes]: "the wine was entirely unmixed, unless someone poured water in." And elsewhere: "the woman skilled at sipping three times a cup of unmixed wine."

Neighbouring entries

α960ἈκρατίζωI have breakfast, I drink neat wine α961Ἀκράτισταbreakfast α962Ἀκρατοπότηςunmixed-wine-drinker α963Ἄκρατονuntempered α964Ἄκρατοςunmixed

Revision history4 revisions · last 14 Jan 2015

14 Jan 2015expanded some refs — David Whitehead
29 Jan 2012augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
22 Aug 2006cosmetics, keyword — Catharine Roth
4 Jun 2002added note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
1 May 2000Translated — Oliver Phillips ✝