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  "headword": "ἀκμή",
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          "definition": "<i>point, edge</i>: prov., ἐπὶ ξυροῦ ἀκμῆς on the razorʼs <i>edge</i> (v. sub ξυρόν); ἀ. φασγάνου, ὅπλων, Pi. P. 9.81, Plb. 15.16.3 (pl.); ὀδόντων Pi. N. 4.63, etc.; λόγχης ἀκμή E. Supp. 318; κερκίδων ἀκμαί S. Ant. 976; ἀμφιδέξιοι ἀ. both <i>hands,</i> Id. OT 1243; ποδοῖν ἀ. <i>feet,</i> ib. 1034; ἔμπυροι ἀκμαί <i>pointed</i> flames, E. Ph. 1255, cf. πυρὸς ἀκμαί Epicr. 6 codd.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ὀδόντων",
                "ref": "Pi. N. 4.63",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3929",
              "data": {
                "quote": "λόγχης ἀκμή",
                "ref": "E. Supp. 318",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3930",
              "data": {
                "quote": "κερκίδων ἀκμαί",
                "ref": "S. Ant. 976",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "πυρὸς ἀκμαί",
                "ref": "Epicr. 6",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>highest</i> or <i>culminating point</i> of anything, <i>flower, prime, zenith,</i> esp. of manʼs age, ἀκμὴ ἥβης S. OT 741; ἐν τῇδε τοῦ κάλλους ἀκμῇ Cratin. 195; σώματός τε καὶ φρονήσεως Pl. R. 461a; μέτριος χρόνος ἀκμῆς 460e; ὀξυτάτη δρόμου ἀ. ibid.; ἀ. βίου X. Cyr. 7.2.20, etc.; ἐν ταύταις ταῖς ἀ. Isoc. 7.37; ἐν ἀκμῇ εἶναι, of corn, to be <i>ripe,</i> Th. 4.2; ἀκμὴν ἔχειν τῆς ἄνθης Pl. Phdr. 230b; τοσοῦτον τῆς ἀ. ὑστερῶν Isoc. Ep. 6.4; τῆς ἀ. λήγειν begin to decline, Pl. Smp. 219a:—in various relations, ἀ. ἦρος spring- <i>prime,</i> Pi. P. 4.64; ἀ. θέρους <i>mid</i>-summer, X. HG 5.3.19; βραχεῖα ἀ. πληρώματος Th. 7.14; ἀ. τοῦ ναυτικοῦ <i>flower</i> of their navy, Id. 8.46; ἀ. τῆς δόξης Id. 2.42; ἡ ἀ. τῆς Σπάρτης, τῶν νέων Demad. 12; ἀ. νούσου <i>crisis</i> of disease, Hp. Acut. 38:—generally, <i>strength, vigour,</i> ἐν χερὸς ἀκμᾷ Pi. O. 2.63, cf. A. Pers. 1060; ἀ. ποδῶν <i>swiftness,</i> Pi. I. 8(7).41, cf. A. Eu. 370; φρενῶν Pi. N. 3.39; συμπεσεῖν ἀκμᾷ βαρύς cj. Id. I. 4(3).51: periphr. like βία, ἀκμὴ Θησειδᾶν S. OC 1066.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἀκμὴ ἥβης",
                    "ref": "S. OT 741",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3933",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐν τῇδε τοῦ κάλλους ἀκμῇ",
                    "ref": "Cratin. 195",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3934",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "σώματός τε καὶ φρονήσεως",
                    "ref": "Pl. R. 461a",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3935",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "μέτριος χρόνος ἀκμῆς",
                    "ref": "460e",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἀ. βίου",
                    "ref": "X. Cyr. 7.2.20",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3937",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐν ταύταις ταῖς ἀ.",
                    "ref": "Isoc. 7.37",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg018.perseus-grc2:37"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3938",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἀκμὴν ἔχειν τῆς ἄνθης",
                    "ref": "Pl. Phdr. 230b",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3939",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τοσοῦτον τῆς ἀ. ὑστερῶν",
                    "ref": "Isoc. Ep. 6.4",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg023.perseus-grc2:4"
                  }
                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3940",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "βραχεῖα ἀ. πληρώματος",
                    "ref": "Th. 7.14",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.14"
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἀ. τῆς δόξης",
                    "ref": "Id. 2.42",
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                  }
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3942",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἡ ἀ. τῆς Σπάρτης, τῶν νέων",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3943",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐν χερὸς ἀκμᾷ",
                    "ref": "Pi. O. 2.63",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3944",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "φρενῶν",
                    "ref": "Pi. N. 3.39",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>supreme effort, culmination, climax,</i> Hermog. Inv. 4.4, Id. 1.10; pl., ib. 11, cf. Philostr. VS 1.25.7.",
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              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>the time,</i> i.e. <i>best, most fitting time,</i> freq. in Trag., ἡνίκʼ ἂν δὴ πρὸς γάμων ἥκητʼ ἀκμάς S. OT 1492; ἔργων, λόγων, ἕδρας ἀκμή <i>time</i> for doing, speaking, sitting still, Id. El. 22, Ph. 12, Aj. 811: c. inf., κοὐκέτʼ ἦν μέλλειν ἀ. A. Pers. 407, cf. Ag. 1353; ἀπηλλάχθαι δʼ ἀ. S. El. 1338; σοὶ . . ἀ. φιλοσοφεῖν Isoc. 1.3; ὁ καιρὸς ἔστʼ ἐπʼ αὐτῆς τῆς ἀκμῆς Ar. Pl. 256; ἐπʼ ἀκμῆς εἶναι, c. inf., to be on <i>point</i> of doing, E. Hel. 897; εἰς ἀκμὴν ἐλθὼν φίλοις in <i>the nick of time,</i> E. HF 532; ἐπʼ αὐτὴν ἥκει τὴν ἀκμήν it is come to <i>the critical time,</i> D. 4.41; ἀκμὴν εἴληφεν have reached a <i>critical moment,</i> Isoc. Ep. 1.1, cf. Plu. Sol. 12, 15, 2.656f.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἡνίκʼ ἂν δὴ πρὸς γάμων ἥκητʼ ἀκμάς",
                    "ref": "S. OT 1492",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3946",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "κοὐκέτʼ ἦν μέλλειν ἀ.",
                    "ref": "A. Pers. 407",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἀπηλλάχθαι δʼ ἀ.",
                    "ref": "S. El. 1338",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "σοὶ . . ἀ. φιλοσοφεῖν",
                    "ref": "Isoc. 1.3",
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                    "quote": "ὁ καιρὸς ἔστʼ ἐπʼ αὐτῆς τῆς ἀκμῆς",
                    "ref": "Ar. Pl. 256",
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              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "<i>eruption</i> on face, Cass. Pr. 13, Aët. 7.110, 8.13 (f.l. ἀκνάς, whence mod. <i>acne</i>).",
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