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moment, ἐν ἀκαρεῖ χρόνου Ar. Pl. 244 (ap. EM), Alciphr. 3.56, Luc. Tim. 3 (also ἐν ἀ. τοῦ χρόνου ib. 23); ἐν ἀ. alone, Id. Asin. 37, Plot. 5.5.7; also ἀκαρῆ διαλιπών (sc. χρόνον) having waited a moment, Ar. Nu. 496; ἀκαρὲς ὥρας in a moment, Plu. Ant. 28; ἡμέρας μιᾶς ἀ. Id. Fac.lun. 2.938a; ἐπʼ ἀκαρές Aret. SD 2.2.
in full bloom, at prime, vigorous, πῶλοι A. Eu. 405; ἥβη Id. Th. 11; ἀκμαῖος φύσιν in the prime of strength, Id. Pers. 441; ἀ. τὸν ὀργήν Luc. Tim. 3; κάλλει ἀκμαία Epigr.Gr. 127; τὸ ἀκμαιότατον D.H. 5.22; ἀκμαίων λέσχη at Chalcis, Plu. Aet.Gr. 2.298d:— ἀ. πρὸς ἔρωτα AP 7.221, cf. Luc. DDeor. 13[8].2, Ael. NA 15.10. Adv. ἀκμαίως, ἔχειν κατὰ τὴν ἡλικίαν Plb. 31.29.7: Comp. -ότερον more vigorously, Gal. 4.525:—of things, at the height, ὁ ἀκμαιότατος καιρὸς τῆς ἡμέρας, i. e. noon, Plb. 3.102.1; τὸ ἀ. τοῦ χειμῶνος Arr. An. 4.7.1, etc.
increase, growth, ἐ. λαμβάνειν become larger, Plu. Garr. 2.506f; μείζονος κακίας Luc. Tim. 3; ἐνιαυτοῦ αἰγῶν κτλ. ἐ. the yearʼs produce, Plu. Fab. 4; τὴν ἐ. μακαρίαν [γίνεσθαι] SIG 695.48 (ii B.C.); θρεμμάτων Ph. 2.234; ζῴων Porph. Abst. 1.16; ἐξ ἐπιγονῆς ἐπιγεγενημένοι πῶλοι BGU 353.14 (ii A.D.).
spark or hot coal, used to kindle a fire: hence metaph., σμικρὰ ζ. τοῦ τῶν ἀνθρώπων διασεσωσμένα γένους (of the survivors of the flood), Pl. Lg. 677b, cf. Luc. Tim. 3; so [ τὸ βαρὺ καὶ κοῦφον] οἷον ζ. ἄττα κινήσεως Arist. Cael. 308a2; βραχέα τινὰ ζ. τῆς Λυκούργου νομοθεσίας Plu. Apophth. Lac. 2.240a; ζ. τι πρὸς σωτηρίαν βίου Max.Tyr. 2.4; ζώπυρα τῆς ἰδίας σωτηρίας Ph. 2.519; ζ. φιλανθρωπίας flashes of humanity, Nic.Dam. Fr. 127J.
box for drawing lots, Arist. Ath. 63.2; voting-urn, SIG 418 A 7 ( Delph., iii B.C.); ark, Luc. Tim. 3.
as in a sieve, Luc. Tim. 3, Sat. 24.
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τύμπανα π. beat drums, Luc. Syr.D. 50 :— Pass., αἷς ἔντεα παταγεῖται Lyr.Adesp. 121 ; ἐπαταγεῖτο Luc. Tim. 3.
like stones, of hail, Luc. Tim. 3.
to be darted like a javelin before, Luc. Tim. 3.
run [a ship] on shore, D.C. Fr. 4.4: c. dat., run ashore on, Luc. VH 2.2; so of the ship, Id. Tim. 3: metaph., π. χρόνῳ v.l. in Aret. SD 2.10; ἁ εὐμορφία τοῖς ποτοκέλλουσιν ἁδονὰς παρέχει Dius ap. Stob. 4.21.17 (Ruhnk. cj. ποτοπτίλλουσιν).
furious, violent, of rain-storms, Arist. Mete. 349a6, Aud. 803a5, Plu. Tim. 28, Luc. Tim. 3; of lightning, Philostr. Im. 1.14. Adv. -αίως Aristid.Quint. 2.11.