Hellas Alive Dictionary

Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

ἄκρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄκρος ἄκρᾱ ἄκρον

Structure: ἀκρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)kh/ I

Sense

At the edge, extreme, beginning, end: outermost (especially of the top)
pointed, sharp
Being the most of any characteristic: best, oldest, first

Declension

First/Second declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	ά̓κρος	ά̓κρᾱ	ά̓κρον
	Genitive	ά̓κρου	ά̓κρᾱς	ά̓κρου
	Dative	ά̓κρῳ	ά̓κρᾱͅ	ά̓κρῳ
	Accusative	ά̓κρον	ά̓κρᾱν	ά̓κρον
	Vocative	ά̓κρε	ά̓κρᾱ	ά̓κρον
Dual	N/A/V	ά̓κρω	ά̓κρᾱ	ά̓κρω
Dual	G/D	ά̓κροιν	ά̓κραιν	ά̓κροιν
Plural	Nominative	ά̓κροι	ά̓κραι	ά̓κρα
	Genitive	ά̓κρων	ἀκρῶν	ά̓κρων
	Dative	ά̓κροις	ά̓κραις	ά̓κροις
	Accusative	ά̓κρους	ά̓κρᾱς	ά̓κρα
	Vocative	ά̓κροι	ά̓κραι	ά̓κρα

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	ά̓κρος ά̓κρου	ἀκρότερος ἀκροτέρου	ἀκρότατος ἀκροτάτου
Adverb	ά̓κρως	ἀκρότερον	ἀκρότατα

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

προϊώμεν, ὦ Δίκη, ταύτῃ εὐθὺ τοῦ Σουνίου μικρὸν ὑπὸ τὸν Ὑμηττὸν ἐπὶ τὰ λαιὰ τῆσ Πάρνηθοσ, ἔνθα αἱ δύο ἐκεῖναι ἄκραι· (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 8:1)
ἀκταὶ δὲ Μυκόνου Δήλιοί τε χοιράδεσ Σκῦρόσ τε Λῆμνόσ θ’ αἱ Καφήρειοί τ’ ἄκραι πολλῶν θανόντων σώμαθ’ ἕξουσιν νεκρῶν. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode 2:32)
"ὦ Φίλιππε, Κρητῶν ὄρη καὶ μεγάλα, πολλαὶ δὲ Βοιωτῶν ἄκραι καὶ Φωκέων ἐκπεφύκασι τῆσ γῆσ· (Plutarch, Aratus, chapter 50 5:1)
αἱ γὰρ ἄκραι τίνεσ εἰσὶν ἁρμονίαι; (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 42 1:1)
τῇ δ’ ὑστεραίᾳ περὶ τὸν ὄρθρον, ἐκ μαλακῆσ καὶ νοτίου νυκτὸσ, εἰσ ὁμίχλην τῶν νεφῶν τρεπομένων, ἀνεπίμπλατο ζόφου βαθέοσ πᾶν τὸ πεδίον, καὶ κατῄει παχὺσ ἐκ τῶν ἄκρωνἀὴρ εἰσ τὸ μεταξὺ τῶν στρατοπέδων, εὐθὺσ ἀρχομένησ ἡμέρασ ἀποκρύπτων τοὺσ τόπουσ, οἱ δὲ ὑπ’ ἀμφοτέρων ἀποσταλέντεσ ἐφεδρείασ ἕνεκα καὶ κατασκοπῆσ ἐν πάνυ βραχεῖ περιπεσόντεσ ἀλλήλοισ ἐμάχοντο περὶ τὰσ καλουμένασ Κυνὸσ κεφαλάσ, αἳ λόφων οὖσαι πυκνῶν καὶ παραλλήλων ἄκραι λεπταὶ δι’ ὁμοιότητα τὸν σχήματοσ οὕτωσ ὠνομάσθησαν. (Plutarch, Titus Flamininus, chapter 8 1:1)

Synonyms

pointed
- θηγαλέος (pointed, sharp)
- ὀξύς (sharp, pointed )
- ὀξύπρῳρος (sharp-pointed)
- ὀξυπευκής (sharp-pointed)
- ὀξυπαγής (sharp-pointed)
- ὀξυόεις (sharp-pointed)
- ὀξυβελής (sharp-pointed)
- ὀξύθηκτος (sharp-edged, sharp-pointed)
- πικρός (pointed, sharp, keen)
- ἐχεπευκής (bitter, sharp-pointed, piercing)
- εὔκεντρος (pointed)

ἄκρον (peak)
στενότης (narrowness)
λιχανός (the fore-finger)
κλίσις (bending)
ἰνίον (the muscle at the back of the neck)
πηδός (the blade of an oar)
κάθετος (let down)
τείνω (I stretch)
περίκρημνος (steep all round)
τρίστοιχος (in three rows)
πλατύς (wide)
περιρρέω (to flow round)
ὀμφαλός (The navel)
προφαίνω (to bring forth)
δίπλεθρος (two)
καταρράκτης (down-rushing)
τραχύτης (roughness)
περιφέρεια (the line round a circular body)
τόρνος (a carpenter's tool for drawing a circle)
λαγαρός (slack)
ἄναντα (up-hill)
σφόνδυλος (vertebra)
ἑκατέρωσε (to each side)
ἐξέχω (to stand out or project from)
κάταντα (down-hill)
πρότονοι (ropes from the masthead to the forepart of a ship)
δάκτυλος (finger)
σκύτινος (leathern)
ῥέπω ()
σχίζω (I split)

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

Find this word at Wiktionary

MENU NAVIGATION

호흡부호 보기

강세부호 보기

장단부호 보기

작은 Iota 보기

모든 부호 보기

Ancient Greek Dictionary

Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

English

한국어

ἄκρος

Sense

Declension

Examples

Synonyms

pointed

Related

Similar forms

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION

Ancient Greek Dictionary

Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language English 한국어

ἄκρος

Sense

Declension

Examples

Synonyms

pointed

Related

Similar forms

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION

Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

English

한국어