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ἀκμαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκμαῖος ἀκμαῖη ἀκμαῖον

Structure: ἀκμαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)kmh/

Sense

  1. in full bloom, at the prime, blooming, vigorous, in the prime of
  2. in time, in season

Examples

  • Περσῶν ὅσοιπερ ἦσαν ἀκμαῖοι φύσιν, ψυχήν τ’ ἄριστοι κεὐγένειαν ἐκπρεπεῖσ, αὐτῷ τ’ ἄνακτι πίστιν ἐν πρώτοισ ἀεί, τεθνᾶσιν αἰσχρῶσ δυσκλεεστάτῳ μόρῳ. (Aeschylus, Persians, episode 4:6)
  • ἀκμαῖοι γὰρ παρατεταγμένοι καὶ νεαλεῖσ ἀεὶ πρὸσ τὸ δέον εὐχρήστωσ καὶ προθύμωσ εἶχον. (Polybius, Histories, book 3, chapter 73 5:2)

Synonyms

  1. in time

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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