ἀκτή1
ἀκτή (A),
ἡ,
A). headland, foreland, promontory,
ἀ. προὔχουσα Od. 24.82 ;
ἀ. προβλῆτες 5.405 ,
10.89 ; opp.
λιμήν,
Il. 12.284 ; often with epithets, denoting high rugged coast,
τρηχεῖα, ὑψηλή,
Od. 5.425 ,
Il. 2.395 ;
τρηχέα Hdt. 7.33 ;
στυφλοί A. Pers. 303 ;
ἀμφίκλυστος S. Tr. 752 ;
στόνῳ βρέμουσι δ’ ἀντιπλῆγες ἀκταί Id. Ant. 592 :—usu. of sea-coast,
χλωρὰ ἀ. ib.
1132 ;
ἀκταὶ ἔναλοι Tim. Pers. 109 ; but also of
rugged banks or
strand of rivers,
Ἑλώρου, Νείλου,
Pi. N. 9.40 ,
I. 2.42 ;
Σιμόεντος A. Ag. 697 ;
Ἀχέροντος S. Ant. 813 .—Rare in early Prose,
X. An. 6.2.1 ,
Lycurg. 17 .
2). generally,
tract of land running out into the sea,
ἀ. διφάσιαι of the north and south coasts of Asia Minor,
Hdt. 4.38 ; of Africa, as jatting out from Asia,
4.41 , cf.
177 ; of Cape Sepias,
7.183 , al.; of Mt.Athos,
Th. 4.109 ; ofltaly,
Arist. Pol. 1329b11 ; of the peninsula of the Piraeus,
Hyp. Fr. 185 ,
Arist. Ath. 42.3 ,
Lycurg. 17 (also of Attica in general,
E. Hel. 1673 , cf.
Str. 9.1.3 ); of the coast of Argolis,
Plb. 5.91.8 ,
D.S. 12.43 : pl.,
ἀκτὰς τῆσδε γῆς S. Fr. 24 .
II). generally,
edge,
χώματος ἀ. of a sepulchral mound,
A. Ch. 722 ;
βώμιος ἀ. of an altar,
S. OT 182 (lyr.). (As there is no trace of
v, the word is more probably connected with [root ]
ak 'pointed' than with
vάγ-νυμι.)
ShortDef
Acte
headland, foreland, promontory
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Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἀκτή
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ακτη1
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-3728
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἀκτή</span> (A), <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">headland, foreland, promontory</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἀ. προὔχουσα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:24:82" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:24.82/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 24.82 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀ. προβλῆτες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:405" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.405/canonical-url/"> 5.405 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10:89" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:10.89/canonical-url/"> 10.89 </a>; opp. <span class="foreign greek">λιμήν</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:284" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:12.284/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 12.284 </a>; often with epithets, denoting high rugged coast, <span class="foreign greek">τρηχεῖα, ὑψηλή</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:425" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.425/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 5.425 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:395" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.395/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.395 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τρηχέα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.33 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">στυφλοί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:303" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:303/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 303 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀμφίκλυστος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:752" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:752/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 752 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">στόνῳ βρέμουσι δ’ ἀντιπλῆγες ἀκταί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:592" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:592/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 592 </a> :—usu. of sea-coast, <span class="foreign greek">χλωρὰ ἀ.</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1132" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1132/canonical-url/"> 1132 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀκταὶ ἔναλοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0376.tlg001:109" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0376.tlg001:109/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Tim.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 109 </a> ; but also of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">rugged banks</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">strand</span> of rivers, <span class="foreign greek">Ἑλώρου, Νείλου</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:9:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:9.40/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 9.40 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:2:42" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:2.42/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">I.</span> 2.42 </a>; <span class="quote greek">Σιμόεντος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:697" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:697/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 697 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">Ἀχέροντος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:813" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:813/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 813 </a> .—Rare in early Prose, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:6:2:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:6:2:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 6.2.1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0034.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0034.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lycurg.</span> 17 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tract of land running out into the sea</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. διφάσιαι</span> of the north and south coasts of Asia Minor, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:38" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.38/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.38 </a>; of Africa, as jatting out from Asia, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:41" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.41/canonical-url/"> 4.41 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:177" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:177/canonical-url/"> 177 </a>; of Cape Sepias, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:183" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.183/canonical-url/"> 7.183 </a>, al.; of Mt.Athos, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:109" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.109/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.109 </a>; ofltaly, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1329b:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1329b.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1329b11 </a>; of the peninsula of the Piraeus, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0030.tlg007:185" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0030.tlg007:185/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hyp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 185 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg003.perseus-grc1:42:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg003.perseus-grc1:42.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ath.</span> 42.3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0034.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0034.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lycurg.</span> 17 </a> (also of Attica in general, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:1673" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:1673/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hel.</span> 1673 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:1:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 9.1.3 </a>); of the coast of Argolis, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:91:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:91:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 5.91.8 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:12:43" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:12.43/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 12.43 </a>: pl., <span class="quote greek">ἀκτὰς τῆσδε γῆς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 24 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">edge</span>, <span class="foreign greek">χώματος ἀ.</span> of a sepulchral mound, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:722" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:722/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 722 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">βώμιος ἀ.</span> of an altar, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:182" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:182/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 182 </a>(lyr.). (As there is no trace of <span class="itype greek">v</span>, the word is more probably connected with [root ] <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ak</span> \'pointed\' than with <span class="foreign greek">vάγ-νυμι.</span>)</div> </div><br><br>'}