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ἀκμής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκμής ἀκμές

Structure: ἀκμη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ka/mnw, a)ka/mas

Sense

  1. untiring, unwearied

Declension

Third 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

  • ἦν δ̓ οὕτωσ ἀκμή τισ Ἑλληνισμοῦ καὶ πρόσβασισ ἀλλοφυλισμοῦ διὰ τὴν τοῦ ἀσεβοῦσ καὶ οὐκ ἀρχιερέωσ Ἰάσωνοσ ὑπερβάλλουσαν ἀναγνείαν, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 4:13)
  • ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ οὐκ ἀκμὴσ ἦν τῷ ἀγρῷ κατέλαβον γὰρ τοὺσ ἐργάτασ λιγυρίζοντασ τὴν θερινὴν ᾠδήν, τοὺσ δὲ τάφον τῷ ἐμῷ πατρὶ κατασκευάζοντασ. (Lucian, Lexiphanes, (no name) 2:9)
  • ὡσ ἀκμὴ καλεῖ Ἑκάβῃ παρεῖναι Τρῳάσιν τε συμμάχουσ. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, lyric 1:9)
  • οὐ γὰρ νῦν ἀκμή; (Euripides, episode 1:19)
  • στείχειν δ’ ἀκμή. (Euripides, episode, lyric 3:10)
  • οὐδὲ ἔφθειρέ με λυμεὼν ἐρημίασ φθορεὺσ ἐν πεδίῳ, οὐδὲ ἐλυμήνατό μου τὰ ἁγνὰ τῆσ παρθενίασ λυμεὼν ἀπατηλὸσ ὄφισ. ἔμεινα δὲ χρόνον ἀκμῆσ σὺν ἀνδρί. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 18:8)
  • ἔστι δὲ ταῦτα πρεσβύτερα τῆσ Δεινάρχου ἀκμῆσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Dinarcho, chapter 11 2:4)
  • πρεσβύτερόσ ἐστι τῆσ Δεινάρχου ἀκμῆσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Dinarcho, chapter 11 3:2)
  • οἱ μὲν οὖν πρεσβύτεροι τῆσ ἀκμῆσ αὐτοῦ φερόμενοι ψευδεπίγραφοι λόγοι εἰσὶν οἵδε. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Dinarcho, chapter 11 3:4)

Synonyms

  1. untiring

Related

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

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