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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

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

  • ὅπωσ μὴ ταῦτα λέγῃσ ποτέ, πάνυ εὔλογα, ἢν λέγηται, καὶ ἄφυκτα ἡμῖν, ὡσ οὐκ ἀδικοῦμεν μὴ προμηνύσαντεσ, ἄκουσον ἐξ ἀρχῆσ ἁπάντων, καὶ τὸ δίκτυόν τε αὐτὸ καὶ τῶν κύρτων τὸ ἀδιέξοδον ἔκτοσθεν ἐπὶ σχολῆσ, ἀλλὰ μὴ ἔνδοθεν ἐκ τοῦ μυχοῦ προεπισκόπησον, καὶ τοῦ ἀγκίστρου δὲ τὸ ἀγκύλον καὶ τὴν εἰσ τὸ ἔμπαλιν τοῦ σκόλοποσ ἀναστροφὴν καὶ τῆσ τριαίνησ τὰσ ἀκμὰσ εἰσ τὰσ χεῖρασ λαβὼν καὶ πρὸσ τὴν γνάθον πεφυσημένην ἀποπειρώμενοσ, ἢν μὴ πάνυ ὀξέα μηδὲ ἄφυκτα μηδὲ ἀνιαρὰ ἐν τοῖσ τραύμασι φαίνηται βιαίωσ σπῶντα καὶ ἀμάχωσ ἀντιλαμβανόμενα, ἡμᾶσ μὲν ἐν τοῖσ δειλοῖσ καὶ διὰ τοῦτο πεινῶσιν ἀνάγραφε, σεαυτὸν δὲ παρακαλέσασ θαρρεῖν ἐπιχείρει τῇ ἄγρᾳ, εἰ θέλεισ, καθάπερ ὁ λάροσ ὅλον περιχανὼν τὸ δέλεαρ. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 3:4)
  • ἵνα τῶν νέων ἔχωσιν αὗται τὰσ ἀκμάσ. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Agon, pnigos 1:8)
  • καὶ τὰσ ἀκμάσ, εἴ τισ ἐπιχειροίη, τῶν ξυρῶν ἀπαμβλύνουσι δι’ ὑπερβολὴν ψυχρότητοσ. (Plutarch, Aquane an ignis sit utilior, chapter, section 9 7:1)
  • μάντεισ δὲ μῆλ’ ἔσφαζον, ἐμπύρουσ τ’ ἀκμὰσ ῥήξεισ τ’ ἐνώμων ὑγρότητ’ ἐναντίαν ἄκραν τε λαμπάδ’, ἣ δυοῖν ὁρ́ουσ ἔχει, νίκησ τε σῆμα καὶ τὸ τῶν ἡσσωμένων. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 15:9)
  • φασγάνων δ’ ἀκμὰσ συνήψαμεν. (Euripides, episode, lyric 3:4)

Synonyms

  1. point

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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