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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

  • Τέκνον, ἀκμὴν ἡλικίασ σου συντήρησον ὑγιῆ, καὶ μὴ δῷσ ἀλλοτρίοισ τὴν ἰσχύν σου. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 26:19)
  • οὐ μὴν ἀλλ’ ἐπειδήπερ εἰσ ἀκμὴν κατέστη, πάντεσ οἱ ἄριστοι τῶν Ἀχαιῶν ἐπὶ τὴν μνηστείαν ἀπήντησαν, προεκρίθη δὲ Μενέλεωσ τοῦ Πελοπιδῶν γένουσ. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 14:4)
  • ὧν μὲν γὰρ ἐσύλησε τὴν ἰσχὺν ὁ περὶ Λεῦκτρα κίνδυνοσ, ὁ δὲ πρότερον ἀπείρατοσ ὢν πολεμίασ σάλπιγγοσ Εὐρώτασ Βοιωτοὺσ ἐν τῇ Λακωνικῇ στρατοπεδεύοντασ εἶδεν ἀπέκειρε γὰρ τὴν ἀκμὴν τῆσ Σπάρτησ ὁ Θηβαῖοσ, καὶ τοὺσ ὁρ́ουσ τῆσ Λακωνικῆσ τεθειμένουσ, τὴν ἀκμὴν τῶν νέων, συνέκλεισε ταῖσ τέφραισ. (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 12:1)
  • ἀλλ’ οἱ δείλαιοι σύμβουλοι ἐξαγαγόντεσ εἰσ τὴν Βοιωτίαν τὴν ἀκμὴν τῆσ πόλεωσ εἰσήγαγον εἰσ πολυάνδριον. (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 28:1)

Synonyms

  1. point

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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