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