ἄκρον
ἄκρον,
ον,
τό, (neut. of
ἄκρος)
A). like ἄκρα , highest or farthest point:
b). ἄκρα νάων ships' tops, Alc. Supp. 12.9 .
2). headland, cape,
Σούνιον ἄκρον Ἀθηνέων Od. 3.278 .
II). metaph.,
highest pitch, height,
πανδοξίας ἄκρον Pi. N. 1.11 ;
εἰς ἄκρον ἀνδρείας ἱκέσθαι to
highest pitch,
Simon. 58 ;
εἰς ἄκρον ἁδύς exceedingly,
Theoc. 14.61 ;
ἐπ’ ἄκρον ἀφικέσθαι, ἐλθεῖν,
Pl. Plt. 268e ,
Ti. 20a ;
πρὸς ἄκρῳ γενέσθαι Id. Phdr. 247b ;
ἄκρον ἔχων σοφίης Epigr.Gr. 442 (Nabataea);
ἄκρον ἐρώτων εἰδότος, ἄκρα μάχας AP 7.448 (
Leon.):—
ἄκρα,,
heights, highest point,
οὔτοι ποθ’ ἥξει (sic)
τῶν ἄκρων ἄνευ πόνου S. Fr. 397 ;
ἄκρα φέρεσθαι win
prize,
Theoc. 12.31 ;
ἄκρα φέρουσ’ ἀρετῆς ὑμῖν Epigr.Gr. 224.2 (Samos).
2). of persons,
Ἄργεος ἄκρα Πελασγοί pride of Argos,
Theoc. 15.142 .
III). δρυὸς ἄκρα, =
ἀκρόδρυα , ib.
112 .
IV). in Logic of
Arist. τὰ ἄκρα are
major and minor terms of syllogism, opp. to
μέσον or middle,
APr. 25b36 , al.
ShortDef
the highest or furthest point: mountain top, cape
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἄκρον
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ακρον
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-3592
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἄκρον</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</span>, <span class="gen greek">τό</span>, (neut. of <span class="foreign greek">ἄκρος</span>) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> like <span class="ref greek">ἄκρα</span> , <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">highest</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">farthest point</span>: </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mountain top, peak</span>, <span class="quote greek">Γάργαρον ἄκρον Ἴδης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:292" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:14.292/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 14.292 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἄκρον ὑπερβαλέειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:597" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.597/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 11.597 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τὰ ἄκρα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">heights</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:100" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.100/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 6.100 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032:110e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032:110e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Criti.</span> 110e </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ἄκρα νάων</span> ships\' <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tops</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 12.9 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">headland, cape</span>, <span class="quote greek">Σούνιον ἄκρον Ἀθηνέων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:278" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.278/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 3.278 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">end, extremity</span>, <span class="foreign greek">τὰ ἄ. τῆς θαλάσσης, [τοῦἀέρος</span>], <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:109d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:109d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 109d </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:109e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:109e/canonical-url/"> 109e </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἄκρα χειρῶν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hands</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg039:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg039:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Im.</span> 6 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐξ ἄκρων</span> at <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the end</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 29 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐξ ἄκρου</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Com.Adesp.</span> 398 </span> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐπ’ ἄκροις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:220d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:220d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sph.</span> 220d </a> :—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">border, frontier</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:42:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:42:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 1.42.2 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">highest pitch, height</span>, <span class="quote greek">πανδοξίας ἄκρον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 1.11 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">εἰς ἄκρον ἀνδρείας ἱκέσθαι</span> to <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">highest pitch</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0261.tlg001:58" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0261.tlg001:58/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Simon.</span> 58 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">εἰς ἄκρον ἁδύς</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">exceedingly</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:61" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14.61/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 14.61 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐπ’ ἄκρον ἀφικέσθαι, ἐλθεῖν</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:268e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:268e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Plt.</span> 268e </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:20a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:20a/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 20a </a>; <span class="quote greek">πρὸς ἄκρῳ γενέσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:247b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:247b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 247b </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἄκρον ἔχων σοφίης</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epigr.Gr.</span> 442 </span> (Nabataea); <span class="quote greek">ἄκρον ἐρώτων εἰδότος, ἄκρα μάχας</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 7.448 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Leon.</span></span>):—<span class="foreign greek">ἄκρα,</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">heights, highest point</span>, <span class="foreign greek">οὔτοι ποθ’ ἥξει</span> (sic) <span class="quote greek">τῶν ἄκρων ἄνευ πόνου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:397" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:397/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 397 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἄκρα φέρεσθαι</span> win <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">prize</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12.31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 12.31 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἄκρα φέρουσ’ ἀρετῆς ὑμῖν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epigr.Gr.</span> 224.2 </span> (Samos). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> of persons, <span class="foreign greek">Ἄργεος ἄκρα Πελασγοί</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pride</span> of Argos, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:142" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15.142/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 15.142 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">δρυὸς ἄκρα,</span> = <span class="ref greek">ἀκρόδρυα</span> , ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:112" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:112/canonical-url/"> 112 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> in Logic of <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> </span> <span class="foreign greek">τὰ ἄκρα</span> are <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">major and minor terms</span> of syllogism, opp. to <span class="foreign greek">μέσον</span> or middle, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg001:25b:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg001:25b.36/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">APr.</span> 25b36 </a>, al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>V).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">extremes</span> in a proportion, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1133b:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1133b.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EN</span> 1133b2 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}