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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 εἶπε Σαοὺλ πρὸσ Ἰωνάθαν. ἀπάγγειλόν μοι τί πεποίηκασ. καὶ ἀπήγγειλεν αὐτῷ Ἰωνάθαν καὶ εἶπε. γευόμενοσ ἐγευσάμην ἐν ἄκρῳ τῷ σκήπτρῳ τῷ ἐν τῇ χειρί μου βραχὺ μέλι, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀποθνήσκω. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 14:43)
  • ἐὰν λάβῃ ἄνθρωποσ κρέασ ἅγιον ἐν τῷ ἄκρῳ τοῦ ἱματίου αὐτοῦ καὶ ἅψηται τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ ἱματίου αὐτοῦ ἄρτου ἢ ἑψήματοσ ἢ οἴνου ἢ ἐλαίου ἢ παντὸσ βρώματοσ, εἰ ἁγιασθήσεται̣ καὶ ἀπεκρίθησαν οἱ ἱερεῖσ καὶ εἶπαν. οὔ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Aggaei 2:12)
  • ταύτῃ, ὦ Ἥρα, πρὸσ τὰ λαιὰ περισκόπει, μὴ πρὸσ ἄκρῳ τῷ ὄρει, παρὰ δὲ τὴν πλευράν, οὗ τὸ ἄντρον, ἔνθα καὶ τὴν ἀγέλην ὁρᾷσ. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 5:6)
  • οὐ μὴν ἀνίπτοισ γε ποσίν, τὸ τοῦ λόγου, πρὸσ ταῦτα ᾖξεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ποιηταῖσ σύντροφοσ ἐγένετο καὶ τῶν πλείστων ἐμέμνητο καὶ λέγειν ἤσκητο καὶ τὰσ ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ προαιρέσεισ οὐκ ἐπ’ ὀλίγον οὐδὲ κατὰ τὴν παροιμίαν ἄκρῳ τῷ δακτύλῳ ἁψάμενοσ ἠπίστατο, καὶ τὸ σῶμα δὲ ἐγεγύμναστο καὶ πρὸσ καρτερίαν διεπεπόνητο, καὶ τὸ ὅλον ἐμεμελήκει αὐτῷ μηδενὸσ ἄλλου προσδεᾶ εἶναι· (Lucian, (no name) 4:1)
  • εἰσὶ δ’ οἳ καὶ μόνον ψαύσαντεσ ἔκτοσθεν τοῦ λέβητοσ ἄκρῳ τῷ δακτύλῳ καὶ ἐπιχρισάμενοι τῆσ ἀσβόλου ἱκανῶσ οἰόνται καὶ οὗτοι μεταβεβάφθαι. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 8:14)

Synonyms

  1. pointed

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