ἀκμή
ἀκμή,
ἡ, (cf.
ἀκή A)
A). point, edge: prov.,
ἐπὶ ξυροῦ ἀκμῆς on the razor's
edge (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
hands,
Id. OT 1243 ;
ποδοῖν ἀ. feet, ib.
1034 ;
ἔμπυροι ἀκμαί pointed flames,
E. Ph. 1255 , cf.
πυρὸς ἀκμαί Epicr. 6c odd.
II). highest or
culminating point of anything,
flower, prime, zenith, esp. of man's age,
ἀκμὴ ἥβης S. OT 741 ;
ἐντῇδε 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
ripe,
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-
prime,
Pi. P. 4.64 ;
ἀ. θέρους mid-summer,
X. HG 5.3.19 ;
βραχεῖα ἀ. πληρώματος Th. 7.14 ;
ἀ. τοῦ ναυτικοῦ flower of their navy,
Id. 8.46 ;
ἀ. τῆς δόξης Id. 2.42 ;
ἡ ἀ. τῆς Σπάρτης, τῶν νέων Demad. 12 ;
ἀ. νούσου crisis of disease,
Hp. Acut. 38 :—generally,
strength, vigour,
ἐν χερὸς ἀκμᾷ Pi. O. 2.63 , cf.
A. Pers. 1060 ;
ἀ. ποδῶν swiftness,
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 .
III). of Time, like
καιρός ,
the time, i. e.
best, most fitting time, freq. in Trag.,
ἡνίκ’ ἂν δὴ πρὸς γάμων ἥκητ’ ἀκμάς S. OT 1492 ;
ἔργων, λόγων, ἕδρας ἀκμή time for doing, speaking, sitting still,
Id. El. 22 ,
Ph. 12 ,
Aj. 811 : c. inf.,
κοὐκέτ’ ἦν μέλλειν ἀ. A. Pers. 407 , cf.
Ag. 1353 ;
ἀπηλλάχθαι δ’ ἀ. S. El. 1338 ;
σοὶ .. ἀ. φιλοσοφεῖν Isoc. 1.3 ;
ὁ καιρὸς ἔστ’ ἐπ’ αὐτῆς τῆς ἀκμῆς Ar. Pl. 256 ;
ἐπ’ ἀκμῆς εἶναι, c. inf., to be on
point of doing,
E. Hel. 897 ;
εἰς ἀκμὴν ἐλθὼν φίλοις in
the nick of time,
E. HF 532 ;
ἐπ’ αὐτὴν ἥκει τὴν ἀκμήν it is come to
the critical time,
D. 4.41 ;
ἀκμὴν εἴληφεν have reached a
critical moment,
Isoc. Ep. 1.1 , cf.
Plu. Sol. 12 ,
15 ,
2.656f .
ShortDef
a point, edge
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἀκμή
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ακμη
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-3242
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἀκμή</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, (cf. <span class="foreign greek">ἀκή</span> A) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">point, edge</span>: prov., <span class="foreign greek">ἐπὶ ξυροῦ ἀκμῆς</span> on the razor\'s <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">edge</span> (v. sub <span class="foreign greek">ξυρόν</span>); <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. φασγάνου, ὅπλων</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:81" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9.81/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 9.81 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:16:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:16:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 15.16.3 </a> (pl.); <span class="quote greek">ὀδόντων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:4:63" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:4.63/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 4.63 </a> , etc.; <span class="quote greek">λόγχης ἀκμή</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:318" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:318/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 318 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κερκίδων ἀκμαί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:976" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:976/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 976 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἀμφιδέξιοι ἀ.</span> both <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hands</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1243" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1243/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1243 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ποδοῖν ἀ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">feet</span>, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1034" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1034/canonical-url/"> 1034 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἔμπυροι ἀκμαί</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pointed</span> flames, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:1255" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:1255/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 1255 </a>, cf. <span class="quote greek">πυρὸς ἀκμαί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0451.tlg001:6c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0451.tlg001:6c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epicr.</span> 6c </a> odd. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">highest</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">culminating point</span> of anything, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">flower, prime, zenith</span>, esp. of man\'s age, <span class="quote greek">ἀκμὴ ἥβης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:741" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:741/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 741 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐντῇδε τοῦ κάλλους ἀκμῇ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001:195" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001:195/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cratin.</span> 195 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">σώματός τε καὶ φρονήσεως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:461a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:461a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 461a </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μέτριος χρόνος ἀκμῆς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:460e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:460e/canonical-url/"> 460e </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὀξυτάτη δρόμου ἀ.</span> ibid.; <span class="quote greek">ἀ. βίου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:7:2:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:7:2:20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 7.2.20 </a> , etc.; <span class="quote greek">ἐν ταύταις ταῖς ἀ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg018.perseus-grc1:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg018.perseus-grc1:37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 7.37 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐν ἀκμῇ εἶναι</span>, of corn, to be <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ripe</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.2 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀκμὴν ἔχειν τῆς ἄνθης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:230b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:230b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 230b </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τοσοῦτον τῆς ἀ. ὑστερῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg023.perseus-grc1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg023.perseus-grc1:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 6.4 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τῆς ἀ. λήγειν</span> begin to decline, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:219a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:219a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 219a </a>:—in various relations, <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. ἦρος</span> spring-<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">prime</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:64" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.64/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 4.64 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. θέρους</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mid</span>-summer, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:3:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:3:19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 5.3.19 </a>; <span class="quote greek">βραχεῖα ἀ. πληρώματος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 7.14 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. τοῦ ναυτικοῦ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">flower</span> of their navy, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:46" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.46/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 8.46 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀ. τῆς δόξης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:42" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.42/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 2.42 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἡ ἀ. τῆς Σπάρτης, τῶν νέων</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Demad.</span> 12 </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. νούσου</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">crisis</span> of disease, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg004.perseus-grc1:38" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg004.perseus-grc1:38/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Acut.</span> 38 </a>:—generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">strength, vigour</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἐν χερὸς ἀκμᾷ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:63" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.63/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 2.63 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1060" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1060/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 1060 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. ποδῶν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">swiftness</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:8(7).41" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:8(7).41/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">I.</span> 8(7).41 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:370" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:370/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 370 </a>; <span class="quote greek">φρενῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:3:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:3.39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 3.39 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">συμπεσεῖν ἀκμᾷ βαρύς</span> cj. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4(3).51" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4(3).51/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">I.</span> 4(3).51 </a>: periphr. like <span class="ref greek">βία, ἀκμὴ Θησειδᾶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1066" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1066/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 1066 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> Rhet., <span class="foreign greek">ἀκμὴ λόγου</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">supreme effort, culmination, climax</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0592.tlg003:4:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0592.tlg003:4.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hermog.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Inv.</span> 4.4 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0592.tlg004:1:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0592.tlg004:1.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Id.</span> 1.10 </a>; pl., ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0592.tlg004:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0592.tlg004:11/canonical-url/"> 11 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg003:1:25:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg003:1:25:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philostr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">VS</span> 1.25.7 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> of Time, like <span class="ref greek">καιρός</span> , <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the time</span>, i. e. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">best, most fitting time</span>, freq. in Trag., <span class="quote greek">ἡνίκ’ ἂν δὴ πρὸς γάμων ἥκητ’ ἀκμάς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1492" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1492/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1492 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἔργων, λόγων, ἕδρας ἀκμή</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">time</span> for doing, speaking, sitting still, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 22 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 12 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:811" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:811/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 811 </a>: c. inf., <span class="quote greek">κοὐκέτ’ ἦν μέλλειν ἀ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:407" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:407/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 407 </a> , cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1353" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1353/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1353 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀπηλλάχθαι δ’ ἀ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1338" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1338/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 1338 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">σοὶ .. ἀ. φιλοσοφεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg007.perseus-grc1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg007.perseus-grc1:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 1.3 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὁ καιρὸς ἔστ’ ἐπ’ αὐτῆς τῆς ἀκμῆς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:256" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:256/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pl.</span> 256 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐπ’ ἀκμῆς εἶναι</span>, c. inf., to be on <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">point</span> of doing, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:897" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:897/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hel.</span> 897 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">εἰς ἀκμὴν ἐλθὼν φίλοις</span> in <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the nick of time</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:532" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:532/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HF</span> 532 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐπ’ αὐτὴν ἥκει τὴν ἀκμήν</span> it is come to <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the critical time</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg004.perseus-grc1:41" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg004.perseus-grc1:41/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 4.41 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἀκμὴν εἴληφεν</span> have reached a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">critical moment</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg022.perseus-grc1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg022.perseus-grc1:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 1.1 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg007:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg007:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sol.</span> 12 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg007:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg007:15/canonical-url/"> 15 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg007:2:656f" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg007:2.656f/canonical-url/"> 2.656f </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">eruption</span> on face, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0733.tlg001:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0733.tlg001:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cass.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 13 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0718.tlg007:110" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0718.tlg007:110/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aët.</span> 7.110 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0718.tlg008:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0718.tlg008:13/canonical-url/"> 8.13 </a> ( f.l. <span class="ref greek">ἀκνάς</span> , whence mod. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">acne</span>). <span class="orth greek">ἄκμη</span>, v. <span class="ref greek">ἄκμηνος</span> .</div> </div><br><br>'}