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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

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

Δερκετοῦσ δὲ εἶδοσ ἐν Φοινίκῃ ἐθεησάμην, θέημα ξένον ἡμισέη μὲν γυνή, τὸ δὲ ὁκόσον ἐκ μηρῶν ἐσ ἄκρουσ πόδασ ἰχθύοσ οὐρὴ ἀποτείνεται. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 14:1)
ἐνταῦθ’ ἀπώλεσ’ ἄνδρασ Ἀργείων ἄκρουσ. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 1:5)
τοῦ δὲ νεύοντοσ κάτω ὄνυχασ ἐπ’ ἄκρουσ στὰσ κασίγνητοσ σέθεν ἐσ σφονδύλουσ ἔπαισε, νωτιαῖα δὲ ἔρρηξεν ἄρθρα· (Euripides, episode 4:15)
οἳ δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐλεφάντων καταβάντεσ παρειμένοισιν ἤδη τοῖσιν ἀγρίοισι τοὺσ πόδασ ἄκρουσ συνδέουσιν, ἔπειτα ἐγκελεύονται τοῖσιν ἡμέροισι πληγῇσι σφᾶσ2κολάζειν πολλῇσιν, ἔστ̓ ἂν ἐκεῖνοι ταλαιπωρεύμενοι ἐσ γῆν πέσωσι. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 13 11:1)
ἀλλὰ μὴν οὐδ̓ ἐκεῖνό πω κατανενόηκασ, οἶμαι, ὡσ ἡ μὲν ἀρετὴ ἐν ἔργοισ δήπου ἐστίν, οἱο͂ν ἐν τῷ δίκαια πράττειν καὶ σοφὰ καὶ ἀνδρεῖα, ὑμεῖσ δὲ ‐ τὸ δὲ ὑμεῖσ ὅταν εἴπω, τοὺσ ἄκρουσ τῶν φιλοσοφούντων φημί ‐ ἀφέντεσ ταῦτα ζητεῖν καὶ ποιεῖν ῥημάτια δύστηνα μελετᾶτε καὶ συλλογισμοὺσ καὶ ἀπορίασ καὶ τὸ πλεῖστον τοῦ βίου ἐπὶ τούτοισ διατρίβετε, καὶ ὃσ ἂν κρατῇ ἐν αὐτοῖσ, καλλίνικοσ ὑμῖν δοκεῖ· (Lucian, 163:1)

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)

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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