ἄκρος
ἄκροςᾱIon.ηονadjreltd.[ἀκμή] superl.The adj. is applied to things which form or occupy an extreme parttop, end, edge or surface and to persons or things marked by some quality to an extreme degree.at the topmost pointof a mountain or other feature of the landscape, of a building or structureat the topi.e. top of a mountain, etc.
Hom. Hes. hHom. Pi. Trag.of a city, ref. to its acropolisIl. Thgn.of a tree, flowers, corn, a waveIl. Alcm. Ibyc.of a helmetIl.of a headIl. Stesich. Thgn. Pi. Hdt. E.of a belly, envisaged as a ship's hullE.Cyc. superl.of a mountain, city or structureat the topmost parti.e. very top of a mountain, etc.Hom. Hes. Pi. Hdt.oracle S. E.of a tree, a woodIl.of a ship, ref. to its deckhHom.of a sailhHom.of a helmetIl.of a headStesich. Thgn. E.topmostrelative to other thingsof an apple, a branchtopmost
Sapph.of rungs of a ladderE.superl.of a peakIl. hHom.of a branch, leavesIl. Sapph. Ibyc.at the outermost pointof a spear, spear-point, spit, steering oar, branch, thyrsosat the tipi.e. tip of a spear, etc.
Hom. E.of a ship's sternHippon. E.Cyc.of a ship, ref. to its sternIl.of a hand, arm, finger, shoulder, foot, toe, toenail, tongueIl. Hdt. S. E. Th. Ar.of hairS. E.of buttocksAr.of an animal's snout, rump, tail, the hairs of its coat or tailIl. Stesich. Hdt. Ar. X.prep.phr.ἐπ’ ἄκρωνon tiptoesS.of a plain, shore, cliffat the edgei.e. edge of a plain, etc.
S. E. Th.of a turning-postS.of a sailAr.of the clasp of a beltHdt.of a hand, ref. to the wristIl.superl.of a branchat the tipHes.of waterat the surfacei.e. surface of water
Il. Hes. Mimn.of fleshOd.of a stoneS.of the heart or mind, ref. to superficial feelingA. E.of a treeon the outer surfaceopp. inside the trunk
Hes.of the earth's bounds, ref. to its upper surfaceupper
E.superl.of bronzeforming the uppermost surfaceof a shield w. several layersIl.of fleshat the very surfacei.e. mere surface of fleshIl.at the extremity of a period of timeeither its beginning or its endof nightat the beginning
S.fig., of steps in lifevery first
Pi.of eveningat the end
Pi.of winterTheoc.or perh. at the height (i.e. midwinter)intensifying what itself expresses an extreme; of the edge of a ditch or sailextreme
Il. E.of the marrow of the soulE.of an endThgn. Pi.possessing some capacity to an extreme degreeof personsexceptional, supreme, first-rate
Hdt. Trag. Pl.w.acc.in courage, fighting skillsHdt.w.gen.prep.phr.in some activityPl.of ground, w.acc.in qualityHdt.gener., of personselite, finestof their kind
E.superl.of a person, a flockvery finestPl. pejor., of a personextremew.acc.in anger
Hdt.of circumstances, good or bad qualitiesextreme, supreme, highest, most intense
Thgn.dub. Pi. E.superl.Pl. of persons or thingsat the extreme end of the scalein terms of excess or deficiency of some qualityextremeopp. [μέσος] in the middle, i.e. representing the mean
Arist. ἄκρονneut.advon the surface
Il.dub. ἄκρωςadvto an extreme degreecompletely, perfectly
Pl. X. Arist. Plu.
ShortDef
at the furthest point
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