ἀκτή
ἀκτή
a headland, foreland, promontory, shore, Od., etc.: of the banks of rivers, ἀκταὶ Σιμόεντος Aesch.; Ἀχέροντος Soph.
generally, coast-land, ἀκταὶ διφάσιαι of the N. and S. coasts of Asia Minor, Hdt.; of Attica (cf. ἀκταῖος), Soph.
generally, any edge or strand, like the sea-coast, Lat. ora, χώματος ἀκτή of a sepulchral mound, Aesch.; βώμιος ἀ. of an altar, Soph. (Perh. from ἄγνυμι, cf. ῥηγμίν.)
corn or meal, Δημήτερος ἀκτή Il.; ἀλφίτου ἀκτή Od.
Deriv. uncertain.