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the time, i.e. best, most fitting time, freq. in Trag., ἡνίκʼ ἂν δὴ πρὸς γάμων ἥκητʼ ἀκμάς S. OT 1492; ἔργων, λόγων, ἕδρας ἀκμή time for doing, speaking, sitting still, Id. El. 22, Ph. 12, Aj. 811: c. inf., κοὐκέτʼ ἦν μέλλειν ἀ. A. Pers. 407, cf. Ag. 1353; ἀπηλλάχθαι δʼ ἀ. S. El. 1338; σοὶ . . ἀ. φιλοσοφεῖν Isoc. 1.3; ὁ καιρὸς ἔστʼ ἐπʼ αὐτῆς τῆς ἀκμῆς Ar. Pl. 256; ἐπʼ 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; ἐπʼ 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.
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come to the rescue, Hdt. 1.30, 7.158, A. Supp. 613, etc.; β. παρά τινα Hdt. 9.57; ἐπί τινα against one, Id. 1.62, 4.125, Th. 1.126, etc.; β. ἐς . . Hdt. 6.103; ἐπὶ . . Th. 3.97, 4.72; ἐπὶ τὰς ναῦς Id. 8.11; ἐκεῖσε D. 4.41; β. πρός τι contribute to an object, v.l. in Arist. EN 1155a14, cf. Metaph. 1079b16, or keep it off, Id. Resp. 474b24, HA 621a13; χρήμασι with money, Id. EN 1130a19: Medic., βοηθεῖ πρὸς τὸ κώνειον it is an antidote to . . , Thphr. HP 9.20.1; freq. in Dsc. as β. τοῖς φαγοῦσι 4.83.
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ἐγχωρεῖ, impers., there is time, it is possible or allowable, c. dat. pers. et inf., ἐ. αὐτῷ εἰδέναι Antipho 1.7, cf. 5.90, Pl. Prt. 321d, X. HG 2.3.16, etc.; οἷς ἐ. ὑβρισταῖς εἶναι Lys. 24.15: also abs., ἔτι ἐ. there is yet time, Pl. Phd. 116e; οὐκέτʼ ἐγχωρεῖ D. 4.41; = ἐνδέχεται, Arist. APr. 25b10, al.; ἐφʼ ὁπόσον ἂν ἐγχωρῇ D.H. Comp. 6; ἐγχωροῦν ἐστί Paus. 3.24.11; κατὰ τὸ ἐγχωροῦν as far as possible, Paul.Aeg. 6.99.
anywhere, somewhere, Il. 16.514, etc.; freq. with other Advs. of Place, οὐχ ἑκάς π. somewhere not far off, S. Ph. 41; πέλας π. ib. 163 (anap.); μηδαμοῦ . . π. ib. 256 (dub.l.); π. πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ X. An. 4.3.3; ἄλλοθί π. D. 4.41; τῇδέ π. Plb. 3.108.3, etc.: c.gen., ἀλλά π. αὐτοῦ ἀγρῶν in some part there of the fields, Od. 4.639; ἐμβαλεῖν π. (fort. ποι) τῆς χώρας some part of the country, X. Cyr. 6.1.42; εἴ π. τῆς χώρας ταὐτὸ τοῦτο πάθος συνέβη D. 18.195.
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foresee, τὸ μέλλον γίνεσθαι Hdt. 5.24, etc.; π. ὀλίγα περὶ τοῦ μέλλοντος X. Cyr. 3.2.15; ἑαυτοῖς τὸ ἐπιόν Id. Smp. 4.5; πρὸ τῶν πραγμάτων π. οὐδέν D. 4.41, cf. 54.19 ( Pass.): abs., π. διανοίᾳ Arist. Pol. 1252a32.
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out-general, D. 4.41 ( Pass.), Plb. 3.71.1, 9.25.6, LXX 2 Ma. 14.31 ( Pass.), cf. D.H. 5.29 codd.: metaph. of Homer, δημαγωγῶν καὶ στρατηγῶν τὰ πλήθη Str. 1.2.9; in Med., of Pythagoras, Socr. Ep. 28 ( τερατευσαμένῳ Hercher).
run along together, ἄνω κάτω D. 4.41; πεζῇ Luc. Hist.Conscr. 45, cf. Plu. Them. 10, etc.