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ἀκμή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκμή ἀκμῆς

Structure: ἀκμ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: a)kh/ I

Sense

  1. point, edge
  2. the highest or culminating point of something, bloom, flower, prime, zenith, especially of a person's age
  3. time, the best or most fitting time

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀκμή ἀκμᾱ́ ἀκμαί
Genitive ἀκμῆς ἀκμαῖν ἀκμῶν
Dative ἀκμῇ ἀκμαῖν ἀκμαῖς
Accusative ἀκμήν ἀκμᾱ́ ἀκμᾱ́ς
Vocative ἀκμή ἀκμᾱ́ ἀκμαί

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • εἰσ μέντοι Πελοπόννησον ἀμφότεροι βοιωταρχοῦντεσ ἐνέβαλον καὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν τὰ πλεῖστα προσήγοντο, Λακεδαιμονίων ἀποστήσαντεσ Ἦλιν, Ἄργοσ, Ἀρκαδίαν σύμπασαν, αὐτῆσ τῆσ Λακωνικῆσ τὰ πλεῖστα, καίτοι χειμῶνοσ μὲν ἦσαν αἱ περὶ τροπὰσ ἀκμαί, μηνὸσ δὲ τοῦ τελευταίου φθίνοντοσ ὀλίγαι περιῆσαν ἡμέραι, καὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν ἔδει παραλαμβάνειν ἑτέρουσ εὐθὺσ ἱσταμένου τοῦ πρώτου μηνόσ, ἢ θνῄσκειν τοὺσ μὴ παραδιδόντασ. (Plutarch, Pelopidas, chapter 24 1:1)
  • τὸ δὲ κλέοσ τηλόθεν δέδορκε τᾶν Ὀλυμπιάδων ἐν δρόμοισ Πέλοποσ, ἵνα ταχυτὰσ ποδῶν ἐρίζεται ἀκμαί τ’ ἰσχύοσ θρασύπονοι· (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 1 24:4)
  • ὡσ ἀκμαῖ’ ἄν, εἰ βαίη, μόλοι, πεπτῶτ’ ἀδελφὸν τόνδε συγκαθαρμόσαι. (Sophocles, Ajax, choral, strophe 1 1:6)

Synonyms

  1. point

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