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ἀκόλαστος

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Gloss: unrestrained

Transliteration: akolastos

Strong’s: G6192

1. Lat. non castigatus, unchastised, undisciplined, unbridled, (Herdotus Historicus), attic, etc.
2. licentious, intemperate , opposite to σώφρων, (Sophocles Tragicus), etc.:—; so in adverb, ἀκολάστως ἔχειν (Plato Philosophus); comparative, ἀκολαστοτέρως ἔχειν πρός τι to be too intemperate in a thing, (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
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