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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

  • ἐπεὶ νέοσ γε ἔτι καὶ ὀξύθυμοσ ὢν καὶ ἀκμαῖοσ τὴν ὀργὴν πολλὰ κατὰ τῶν ἀδίκων καὶ βιαίων ἐποίεισ καὶ οὐδέποτε ἦγεσ τότε πρὸσ αὐτοὺσ ἐκεχειρίαν, ἀλλ’ ἀεὶ ἐνεργὸσ πάντωσ ὁ κεραυνὸσ ἦν καὶ ἡ αἰγὶσ ἐπεσείετο καὶ ἡ βροντὴ ἐπαταγεῖτο καὶ ἡ ἀστραπὴ συνεχὲσ ὥσπερ εἰσ ἀκροβολισμὸν προηκοντίζετο· (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 3:1)
  • Ἀκμαῖοσ ῥοθίῃ νηὶ δρόμοσ, οὐδὲ θάλασσα πορφύρει τρομερῇ φρικὶ χαρασσομένη· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 10, chapter 21)

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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