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ἄκρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄκρον ἄκρου

Structure: ἀκρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: neut. of a)/kros

Sense

  1. peak (e.g. of a mountain)
  2. headland, cape
  3. end, extremity
  4. highest height
  5. (in the plural, logic) the major and minor points of syllogism
  6. extreme

Declension

Second 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

  • ἢν δὲ ἀγεννέστεροσ καὶ ταπεινότεροσ, προσίεται μὲν καὶ προσμειδιᾷ τοῖσ χείλεσιν ἄκροισ, μισεῖ δὲ καὶ λάθρᾳ τοὺσ ὀδόντασ διαπρίει καί, ὡσ ὁ ποιητήσ φησι, βυσσοδομεύει τὴν. (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 24:1)
  • πάσχει δὲ αὐτὸ μάλιστα ἐπὶ τῶν κύκλων, οὓσ ἐπ’ ἄκροισ ἔχει τοῖσ πτεροῖσ, ἴριδόσ τινοσ ἕκαστον περιθεούσησ· (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 11:4)
  • ἥ τε γὰρ θάλαττα εὐθὺσ ἀκύμων ἐγένετο καὶ τὴν γαλήνην ἐπισπασαμένη λείαν παρεῖχεν ἑαυτήν, ἡμεῖσ δὲ πάντεσ ἡσυχίαν ἄγοντεσ οὐδὲν ἄλλο ἢ θεαταὶ μόνον τῶν γιγνομένων παρηκολουθοῦμεν, Ἔρωτεσ δὲ παραπετόμενοι μικρὸν ἐκ τῆσ θαλάττησ, ὡσ ἐνίοτε ἄκροισ τοῖσ ποσὶν ἐπιψαύειν τοῦ ὕδατοσ, ἡμμένασ τὰσ δᾷδασ φέροντεσ ᾖδον ἅμα τὸν ὑμέναιον, αἱ Νηρηίδεσ δὲ ἀναδῦσαι παρίππευον ἐπὶ τῶν δελφίνων ἐπικροτοῦσαι ἡμίγυμνοι αἱ πολλαί, τό τε τῶν Τριτώνων γένοσ καὶ εἴ τι ἄλλο μὴ φοβερὸν ἰδεῖν τῶν θαλαττίων ἅπαντα περιεχόρευε τὴν παῖδα· (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, zephyrus and notus, chapter 33)
  • καὶ ὁ πόνοσ οὗτοσ ὤμουσ τε αὐτῶν κρατύνει καὶ τόνον τοῖσ ἄκροισ ἐντίθησιν. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 27:7)
  • εἶτα διαδήσασ καὶ κατὰ τοὺσ ὤμουσ τελαμῶσι καρτεροῖσ ἁρμοσάμενοσ καὶ πρὸσ ἄκροισ τοῖσ ὠκυπτέροισ λαβάσ τινασ ταῖσ χερσὶ παρασκευάσασ ἐπειρώμην ἐμαυτοῦ τὸ πρῶτον ἀναπηδῶν καὶ ταῖσ χερσὶ ὑπηρετῶν καὶ ὥσπερ οἱ χῆνεσ ἔτι χαμαιπετῶσ ἐπαιρόμενοσ καὶ ἀκροβατῶν ἅμα μετὰ τῆσ πτήσεωσ· (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 10:9)

Synonyms

  1. peak

  2. headland

  3. end

  4. highest height

  5. extreme

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