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ἀκρολοφίᾱ
ἀκρόλοφος
ἀκρομανής
ἄκρον
ἀκρόνυχος
ἀκρόπηλος
ἀκρόπολις
ἀκροπόλος
ἀκροπόρος
ἀκρόπτολις
ἄκρος
ἀκρόσοφος
ἀκροστόλιον
ἀκροσφαλής
ἀκροτελεύτιον
ἀκρότης
ἀκροτομέω
ἀκρότομος
ἀκροφύλαξ
ἀκροφῡ́σιον
ἀκροχάλιξ
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ἄκρος
ἄκροςIon.ηονadjreltd.ἀκμή superl.
ἀκρότατος
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 branchtopmostSapph.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 waterIl. 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 trunkHes.of the earth's bounds, ref. to its upper surfaceupperE.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 beginningS.fig., of steps in lifevery firstPi.of eveningat the endPi.of winterTheoc.or perh. at the height (i.e. midwinter)intensifying what itself expresses an extreme; of the edge of a ditch or sailextremeIl. E.of the marrow of the soulE.of an endThgn. Pi.possessing some capacity to an extreme degreeof personsexceptional, supreme, first-rateHdt. 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 kindE.superl.of a person, a flockvery finestPl. pejor., of a personextremew.acc.in angerHdt.of circumstances, good or bad qualitiesextreme, supreme, highest, most intenseThgn.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 meanArist. ἄκρονneut.advon the surfaceIl.dub. ἄκρωςadvto an extreme degreecompletely, perfectlyPl. X. Arist. Plu.

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at the furthest point

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ἄκρος
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ἄκρος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
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URN:
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ἄκρος

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