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ἀκροθίνιον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκροθίνιον

Structure: ἀκροθινι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: a)/kros, qi/s

Sense

  1. the topmost part of a heap, the choice part
  2. firstfruits of the field

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

  • τούτοισ χρὴ πειθομένουσ, καθάπερ ἐπ̓ ἄλλῳ τῳ ἔργῳ, οὕτω δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ θήρᾳ ἄρχεσθαί τε ἀπὸ θεῶν καὶ χαριστήρια θύειν εὖ πράξαντασ καὶ σπένδειν καὶ εὐφημεῖν καὶ στεφανοῦν καὶ ὑμνεῖν καὶ ἀπαρχὰσ τῶν ἁλισκομένων ἀνατιθέναι, οὐ μεῖον ἣ ἐπὶ νίκῃ πολέμου ἀκροθίνια. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 36 4:1)
  • τῶν κατθανόντων γ’ ἀκροθίνια ξένων. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 4:9)
  • τὰ γὰρ Ἑλλήνων ἀκροθίνια δὴ ναοῖσι πέλασ τάδε βαίνει· (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, anapests3)
  • Τύριον οἶδμα λιποῦσ’ ἔβαν ἀκροθίνια Λοξίᾳ Φοινίσσασ ἀπὸ νάσου Φοίβῳ δούλα μελάθρων, ἵν’ ὑπὸ δειράσι νιφοβόλοισ Παρνασοῦ κατενάσθη, Ιὄνιον κατὰ πόντον ἐλά‐ τᾳ πλεύσασα περιρρύτῳ ὑπὲρ ἀκαρπίστων πεδίων Σικελίασ Ζεφύρου πνοαῖσ ἱππεύσαντοσ, ἐν οὐρανῷ κάλλιστον κελάδημα. (Euripides, Phoenissae, choral, strophe 11)
  • "πέμψαντεσ ἀκροθίνια, οἱ Ἕλληνεσ εἰσ Δελφοὺσ ἐπηρώτων τὸν θεὸν κοινῇ, εἰ λελάβηκε πλήρεα καὶ ἀρεστὰ τὰ ἀκροθίνια· (Plutarch, De Herodoti malignitate, section 40 1:1)

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

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