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ἄκρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄκρος ἄκρᾱ ἄκρον

Structure: ἀκρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)kh/ I

Sense

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

Examples

  • καὶ κατὰ μηδένα τρόπον ἰσχύοντεσ αὐτὸν ἄγξαι περισύραντεσ τό δέρμα σὺν ἄκραισ ταῖσ τῶν δακτύλων κορυφαῖσ ἀπεσκύθιζον. καὶ εὐθέωσ ἦγον ἐπὶ τὸν τροχόν, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 10:7)
  • ἄκραισ ἐπὶ ῥηγμῖσιν ἀξένου πόρου ‐ καὶ τίσ θαλάσσησ βουκόλοισ κοινωνία; (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode16)
  • ἄκραισ ἐπὶ ῥηγμῖσιν ἀξένου πόρου. (Plutarch, De exilio, section 7 8:1)
  • "ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν τῷ χειμῶνι οὐ μόνον κεφαλὴν καὶ σῶμα καὶ πόδασ αὐτοῖσ ἀρκεῖ ἐσκεπάσθαι, ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ ἄκραισ ταῖσ χερσὶν χειρῖδασ δασείασ καὶ δακτυλήθρασ ἔχουσιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 106)
  • "αἱ δ’ ἡδοναὶ καθάπερ αὖραι πρὸσ ἑτέραισ ἕτεραι τοῦ σώματοσ ἄκραισ ἐπιγελῶσαι διαχέονται, καὶ ὁ χρόνοσ ὁ μὲν τούτων οὐ πολὺσ ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ οἱ διᾴττοντεσ ἔξαψιν ἅμα καὶ σβέσιν ἐν τῇ σαρκὶ λαμβάνουσιν εἷσ δὲ τοῦ πόνου μάρτυσ ὁ Αἰσχύλου Φιλοκτήτησ ἱκανόσ· (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 310)

Synonyms

  1. pointed

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