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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

Ἐμελλεν ἄρα μηδὲ ὁ καθ’ ἡμᾶσ βίοσ τὸ παντάπασιν ἄμοιροσ ἔσεσθαι ἀνδρῶν λόγου καὶ μνήμησ ἀξίων, ἀλλὰ καὶ σώματοσ ἀρετὴν ὑπερφυᾶ καὶ γνώμην ἄκρωσ φιλόσοφον ἐκφαίνειν λέγω δὲ εἴσ τε τὸν Βοιώτιον Σώστρατον ἀναφέρων, ὃν Ἡρακλέα οἱ Ἕλληνεσ ἐκάλουν καὶ ᾤοντο εἶναι, καὶ μάλιστα εἰσ Δημώνακτα τὸν φιλόσοφον, οὓσ καὶ εἶδον αὐτὸσ καὶ ἰδὼν ἐθαύμασα, θατέρῳ δὲ τῷ Δημώνακτι καὶ ἐπὶ μήκιστον συνεγενόμην. (Lucian, (no name) 1:1)
καὶ τὸν Θάμυριν διδάσκων αὐτὸσ ἐκιθάρισεν ἄκρωσ δὲ ἐσφαίρισεν ὅτε τὴν Ναυσικάαν καθῆκε. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 37 2:2)
καὶ Τέλεσισ δὲ ἢ Τελέστησ ὁ ὀρχηστοδιδάσκαλοσ πολλὰ ἐξεύρηκε σχήματα, ἄκρωσ ταῖσ χερσὶ τὰ λεγόμενα δεικνύσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 39 2:4)
ὥστε ἢν ἐθέλωμεν ἢ τὸν ἔχοντα τὴν ἱερὰν φιάλην εὑρεῖν ἢ τὸν ἔφεδρον ἢ τὸν ἄριστα ἡγησόμενον ἡμῖν ἐσ τὴν πόλιν ἐκείνην τὴν Κόρινθον, ἐπὶ πάντασ ἀναγκαίωσ ἀφιξόμεθα καὶ ἐξετάσομεν ἄκρωσ πειρώμενοι καὶ ἀποδύοντεσ καὶ παραθεωροῦντεσ· (Lucian, 93:3)
καθ’ ὅλου δ’ ὁ Θεόφραστόσ φησι τὸν ἄνδρα τοῦτον περὶ τὰ οἰκεῖα καὶ τοὺσ πολίτασ ἄκρωσ ὄντα δίκαιον ἐν τοῖσ κοινοῖσ πολλὰ πρᾶξαι πρὸσ τὴν ὑπόθεσιν τῆσ πατρίδοσ, ὡσ συχνῆσ καὶ ἀδικίασ δεομένην. (Plutarch, , chapter 25 2:1)

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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