ἄκρος
ἄκρος,
α,
ον, (on the Root
A). v. ἀκή A) at the farthest point or end, hence either topmost, outermost, or inmost.
1). highest, topmost,
ἀκροτάτῃ κορυφῇ Il. 1.499 , al.;
ἐν πόλει ἄκρῃ, =
ἐν ἀκροπόλει ,
Il. 6.88 , cf.
257 ;
ἄκρῳ Ὀλύμπῳ 13.523 ;
ἀνὰ Γαργάρῳ ἄκρῳ 14.352 ;
λάψοντες .. μέλαν ὕδωρ ἄκρον at its surface,
16.162 ;
ἄκρον ῥινόν surface of skin,
Od. 22.278 ;
ἐπ’ ἄκρων ὀρέων o mountain
tops,
S. OT 1106 : Sup.
ἀκρότατος, ὔσδος Sapph. 93.2 ;
ὀρόφοισι Orac. ap.
Hdt. 7.140 .
2). outermost,
πεδίον ἐπ’ ἄκρον to the
farthest edge of the plain,
S. Ant. 1197 ;
κατ’ ἄκρας σπιλάδος from the
surface of a stone,
Id. Tr. 678 ; esp. of
extremities of body,
ἄ. χείρ, πόδες, ὦμος,
end of hand,
ends of feet,
tip of shoulder,
Il. 5.336 ,
16.640 ,
17.599 ;
ἄκρων χειρῶν καὶ ποδῶν Hdt. 1.119 , cf.
Th. 2.49 ,
Pl. La. 183b ,
Ti. 76e ; but
τὸ ἄ. τῆς χειρός, τοῦ ποδός,
thumb, great toe,
LXX Ex. 29.20 ,
Le. 18.22 ;
γλῶσσαν ἄκραν S. Aj. 238 ;
πίτυν ἄκρας τῆς κόμης καθέλκων by the
top of the crown,
Cratin. 296 :—
ἐπ’ ἄκρων [δακτύλων] on
tiptoe,
S. Aj. 1230 , ubi v. Sch.; comically,
ἐπ’ ἄκρων πυγιδίων on
tip-tail,
Ar. Ach. 638 ;
ἐν ἄκροισι βὰς ποσί E. Ion 1166 ;
παρ’ ἄκρας τρίχας Or. 128 ;
ἀκροτάτοις χείλεσι Epigr.Gr. 547.8 :—
οὐκ ἀπ’ ἄκρας φρενός not from the
outside of the heart, i.e. from the in mostheart,
A. Ag. 805 , cf.
E. Hec. 242 ;
ἄκροισι λαίφους κρασπέδοις with
mere edges of sail, i.e. under
close-reejed sails,
Id. Med. 524 , cf.
Ar. Ra. 999 .
b). Geom., of the
extremity of a line,
ἡ ἐπ’ ἄκραν τὴν ἀποληφθεῖσαν ἀγομένη Apollon. Perg.
Con. 4.8 : Math., of
extremes in a proportion,
Pl. Ti. 36a , etc.;
εἰς ἄκρον καὶ μέσον λόγον τέμνειν cut in
extremeand mean ratio,
Euc. 6.30 , cf.
5 Def. 17 .
c). in Tactics, ἄκροι,, flank men, Ascl. Tact. 1.3 , cf. 7.6 .
II). of Time,
ἄκρᾳ σὺν ἑσπέρᾳ on the
edge of evening. i.e. at
nightfall,
Pi. P. 11.10 , cf.
ἄκρῃ νυκτί Arat. 775 ;
ἄκρου τοῦ ἔαρος at
beginning of spring,
IPE 12.352.29 (Cherson., ii B. C.); but usu. denoting completeness,
ἄκρου τοῦ θέρεος at
mid-summer,
Hp. Aph. 3.18 ;
χειμῶνος ἄκρω Theoc. 11.37 ;
ἄκρας νυκτός at
dead of night,
S. Aj. 285 .
III). of Degree, highest in its kind, consummate,
1). of persons,
Hdt. 5.112 ,
6.122 ;
τοξότης ἄ. A. Ag. 628 ;
θεσφάτων γνώμων ἄ. ib.
1130 ;
μάντις S. El. 1499 ;
ἰατροί Phld. Lib. p.67 O.;
οἱ πάντῃ ἄ., οἱ ἀκρότατοι Pl. Tht. 148c ; of any extremes, opp.
τὰ μεταξύ, τοῖς ἄ. τὰ ἄ. ἀποδιδόναι Id. R. 478e , cf.
Phd. 90a ; of classes in a state,
Arist. Pol. 1296b39 : in moral sense, both good and bad,
ἐπιδικάζονται οἱ ἄ. τῆς μέσης χώρας Id. EN 1107b31 ;
αἱ ἄ. [διαθέσεις] ib.
1108b14 , cf.
ἄκρον 11.1 :—c. acc. modi,
ψυχὴν οὐκ ἄ. not
strong of mind,
Hdt. 5.124 ;
ἄ. τὰ πολέμια 7.111 ;
ἄ. ὀργήν quick to anger,
passionate,
1.73 ;
Εὐρώπη ἀρετὴν ἄκρη 7.5 : c.gen.,
οἱ ἄ. τῆς ποιήσεως Pl. Tht. 152e ;
ἄ. εἰς φιλοσοφίαν R. 499c ;
περὶ ὁπλομαχίαν Lg. 833e .
IV). as Subst., v. ἄκρα, ἄκρον .
V). neut. as Adv.,
on the top or
surface,
ἄκρον ἐπὶ ῥηγμῖνος Il. 20.229 ;
ἄκρα δ’ ἐπ’ αὐτᾶς βαθμῖδος AP 7.428.3 (
Mel.).
2). reg. Adv. ἄκρως, ἀνεστάλθαι to be turned up at the point, Hp. Mochl. 24 .
ShortDef
at the furthest point
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Headword (normalized):
ἄκρος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ακρος
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἄκρος</span>, <span class="itype greek">α</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</span>, (on the Root <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> v. <span class="ref greek">ἀκή</span> A) <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">at the farthest point</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">end</span>, hence either <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">topmost, outermost</span>, or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">inmost.</span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">highest, topmost</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἀκροτάτῃ κορυφῇ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:499" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.499/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.499 </a> , al.; <span class="foreign greek">ἐν πόλει ἄκρῃ,</span> = <span class="ref greek">ἐν ἀκροπόλει</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:88" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.88/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 6.88 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:257" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:257/canonical-url/"> 257 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἄκρῳ Ὀλύμπῳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:523" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.523/canonical-url/"> 13.523 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀνὰ Γαργάρῳ ἄκρῳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:352" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:14.352/canonical-url/"> 14.352 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">λάψοντες .. μέλαν ὕδωρ ἄκρον</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">at its surface</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:162" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.162/canonical-url/"> 16.162 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἄκρον ῥινόν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">surface of</span> skin, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:22:278" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:22.278/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 22.278 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐπ’ ἄκρων ὀρέων</span> o mountain <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tops</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1106" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1106/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1106 </a>: Sup. <span class="quote greek">ἀκρότατος, ὔσδος</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sapph.</span> 93.2 </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὀρόφοισι</span> Orac. ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:140" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.140/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.140 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">outermost</span>, <span class="foreign greek">πεδίον ἐπ’ ἄκρον</span> to the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">farthest edge</span> of the plain, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1197" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1197/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 1197 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">κατ’ ἄκρας σπιλάδος</span> from the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">surface</span> of a stone, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:678" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:678/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 678 </a>; esp. of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">extremities</span> of body, <span class="foreign greek">ἄ. χείρ, πόδες, ὦμος</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">end</span> of hand, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ends</span> of feet, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tip</span> of shoulder, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:336" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.336/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 5.336 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:640" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.640/canonical-url/"> 16.640 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:599" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.599/canonical-url/"> 17.599 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἄκρων χειρῶν καὶ ποδῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:119" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.119/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.119 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:49" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.49/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.49 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg019:183b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg019:183b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">La.</span> 183b </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:76e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:76e/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 76e </a>; but <span class="foreign greek">τὸ ἄ. τῆς χειρός, τοῦ ποδός</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">thumb, great toe</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg002:29:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg002:29.20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ex.</span> 29.20 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg003:18:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg003:18.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Le.</span> 18.22 </a>; <span class="quote greek">γλῶσσαν ἄκραν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:238" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:238/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 238 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">πίτυν ἄκρας τῆς κόμης καθέλκων</span> by the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">top</span> of the crown, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001:296" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001:296/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cratin.</span> 296 </a>:—<span class="foreign greek">ἐπ’ ἄκρων [δακτύλων</span>] on <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tiptoe</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1230" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1230/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 1230 </a>, ubi v. Sch.; comically, <span class="foreign greek">ἐπ’ ἄκρων πυγιδίων</span> on <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tip-tail</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:638" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:638/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 638 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐν ἄκροισι βὰς ποσί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1166" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1166/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ion</span> 1166 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">παρ’ ἄκρας τρίχας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:128" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:128/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 128 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀκροτάτοις χείλεσι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epigr.Gr.</span> 547.8 </span> :—<span class="foreign greek">οὐκ ἀπ’ ἄκρας φρενός</span> not from the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">outside of</span> the heart, i.e. from the in mostheart, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:805" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:805/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 805 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:242" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:242/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 242 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἄκροισι λαίφους κρασπέδοις</span> with <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mere edges of</span> sail, i.e. under <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">close-reejed</span> sails, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:524" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:524/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 524 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:999" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:999/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 999 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> Geom., of the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">extremity</span> of a line, <span class="quote greek">ἡ ἐπ’ ἄκραν τὴν ἀποληφθεῖσαν ἀγομένη</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Apollon.</span> </span> Perg.<span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Con.</span> 4.8 </span>: Math., of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">extremes</span> in a proportion, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:36a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:36a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 36a </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">εἰς ἄκρον καὶ μέσον λόγον τέμνειν</span> cut in <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">extreme</span>and mean ratio, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1799.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1799.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Euc.</span> 6.30 </a>, cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1799.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1799.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5/canonical-url/"> 5 </a> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Def.</span> 17 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>c).</strong></span> in Tactics, <span class="foreign greek">ἄκροι,</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">flank men</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ascl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tact.</span> 1.3 </span>, cf. <span class="bibl"> 7.6 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">inmost</span>, <span class="quote greek">μυελός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:255" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:255/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 255 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> of Time, <span class="foreign greek">ἄκρᾳ σὺν ἑσπέρᾳ</span> on the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">edge</span> of evening. i.e. at <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">nightfall</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 11.10 </a>, cf. <span class="quote greek">ἄκρῃ νυκτί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:775" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:775/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arat.</span> 775 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἄκρου τοῦ ἔαρος</span> at <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">beginning</span> of spring, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IPE</span> 12.352.29 </span> (Cherson., ii B. C.); but usu. denoting completeness, <span class="foreign greek">ἄκρου τοῦ θέρεος</span> at <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mid</span>-summer, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg012.perseus-grc1:3:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg012.perseus-grc1:3.18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aph.</span> 3.18 </a>; <span class="quote greek">χειμῶνος ἄκρω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11.37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 11.37 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἄκρας νυκτός</span> at <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dead</span> of night, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:285" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:285/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 285 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> of Degree, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">highest</span> in its kind, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">consummate</span>, </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> of persons, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:112" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.112/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.112 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:122" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.122/canonical-url/"> 6.122 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τοξότης ἄ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:628" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:628/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 628 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">θεσφάτων γνώμων ἄ.</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1130" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1130/canonical-url/"> 1130 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μάντις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1499" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1499/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 1499 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἰατροί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg271:p.67" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg271:p.67/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lib.</span> p.67 </a> O.; <span class="quote greek">οἱ πάντῃ ἄ., οἱ ἀκρότατοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:148c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:148c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 148c </a> ; of any extremes, opp. <span class="quote greek">τὰ μεταξύ, τοῖς ἄ. τὰ ἄ. ἀποδιδόναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:478e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:478e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 478e </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:90a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:90a/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 90a </a>; of classes in a state, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1296b:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1296b.39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1296b39 </a>: in moral sense, both good and bad, <span class="quote greek">ἐπιδικάζονται οἱ ἄ. τῆς μέσης χώρας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1107b:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1107b.31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EN</span> 1107b31 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">αἱ ἄ. [διαθέσεις</span>] ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1108b:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1108b.14/canonical-url/"> 1108b14 </a>, cf. <span class="quote greek">ἄκρον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:11:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:11.1/canonical-url/"> 11.1 </a> :—c. acc. modi, <span class="foreign greek">ψυχὴν οὐκ ἄ.</span> not <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">strong</span> of mind, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:124" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.124/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.124 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἄ. τὰ πολέμια</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:111" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.111/canonical-url/"> 7.111 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἄ. ὀργήν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">quick</span> to anger, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">passionate</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:73" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.73/canonical-url/"> 1.73 </a>; <span class="quote greek">Εὐρώπη ἀρετὴν ἄκρη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.5/canonical-url/"> 7.5 </a> : c.gen., <span class="quote greek">οἱ ἄ. τῆς ποιήσεως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:152e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:152e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 152e </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἄ. εἰς φιλοσοφίαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:499c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:499c/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 499c </a> ; <span class="quote greek">περὶ ὁπλομαχίαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:833e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:833e/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 833e </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> of things, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">highest, extreme</span>, <span class="quote greek">συμφορά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:222:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:222.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alex.</span> 222.4 </a> (cj. Dobree); <span class="quote greek">νηστεία</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0447.tlg001:54" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0447.tlg001:54/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Diph.</span> 54 </a> : Sup., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:45a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:45a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phlb.</span> 45a </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> as Subst., v. <span class="ref greek">ἄκρα, ἄκρον</span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>V).</strong></span> neut. as Adv., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">on the top</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">surface</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἄκρον ἐπὶ ῥηγμῖνος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:20:229" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:20.229/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 20.229 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἄκρα δ’ ἐπ’ αὐτᾶς βαθμῖδος</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 7.428.3 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Mel.</span></span>). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> reg. Adv. <span class="foreign greek">ἄκρως, ἀνεστάλθαι</span> to be turned up <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">at the point</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mochl.</span> 24 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">utterly, perfectly</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:543a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:543a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 543a </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1392.tlg001:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1392.tlg001:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hegesand.</span> 4 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μόνος ἄκρως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0460.tlg001:1:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0460.tlg001:1.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Euphro</span> 1.5 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">σχῆμα ἄ. στρογγύλον</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">absolutely</span> round, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hero</span> </span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">*Deff.</span> <span class="bibl"> 76 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>c).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">skilfully</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg271:p.27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg271:p.27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lib.</span> p.27 </a> O.</div> </div><br><br>'}