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ἀκᾰρής

akares

small, tiny

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1. ἀκαρής · akarēs — Beekes

ἀκαρής, -ἕς [adj.] ‘small, tiny’ (Ar.). «Ὁ» *VAR Mostly in fixed expressions, e.g. ἐν ἀκαρεῖ (χρόνου), ἀκαρῆ ‘a moment’, of time (Ar.); also κατέπεσον ἀκαρὴς τῷ δέει ‘it was a hair-breadth escape’; οὐκ ἀκαρῆ ‘not at all’. A form ἄκαρ is attributed to Antiphon (Taillardat 1962: $248). *DER ἀκαριαῖος id. (D.), cf. Chantraine 1933: 49. *ETYM Traditionally derived from xeipw, ἐκάρην ‘to cut’ as ‘too short to cut’: τὸ … — [Beekes, s.v. ἀκαρής, p. 96]

2. ἀκᾰρής · akarēs — LSJ

too short to be cut, small, tiny

too short to be cut, hence generally, small, tiny, ἀκαρῆ τινα ἐνθυμήματα D.H. Isoc. 20; ἐν ἀκαρεῖ χρόνῳ Com.Adesp. 370 (and codd. in Ar. Pl. 244).

II within a hairʼs breadth of, all but

metaph., within a hairʼs breadth of, all but, στρουθὶς ἀκαρὴς νὴ Δίʼ εἶ Alex. 144; ἀ. παραπόλωλας Men. 835; ἀ. δέω φάσκειν Id. Pk. 166; κατέπεσον ἀ. τῷ δέει Com.Adesp. 581.

III moment, a moment, in a moment

freq. of Time, esp. neut. ἀκαρές, moment, ἐν ἀκαρεῖ χρόνου Ar. Pl. 244 (ap. EM), Alciphr. 3.56, Luc. Tim. 3 (also ἐν ἀ. τοῦ χρόνου ib. 23); ἐν ἀ. alone, Id. Asin. 37, Plot. 5.5.7; also ἀκαρῆ διαλιπών (sc. χρόνον) having waited a moment, Ar. Nu. 496; ἀκαρὲς ὥρας in a moment, Plu. Ant. 28; ἡμέρας μιᾶς ἀ. Id. Fac.lun. 2.938a; ἐπʼ ἀκαρές Aret. SD 2.2.

2 a bit, at all, a bit, at all, a hairʼs breadth

neut. pl. ἀκαρῆ, usu. with negs., not a bit, not at all, οὐκ ἀπολαύεις πλὴν τοῦθʼ ὃ φέρεις ἀκαρῆ not a bit, not at all, Ar. V. 701; οὐδʼ ἀκαρῆ ib. 541 (lyr.), D. 50.56; ἀκαρῆ παντελῶς (v.l. ἀκαρεί) Xenarch. 7.15; παρʼ ἀκαρῆ within a hairʼs breadth, Pl. Ax. 366c, Phld. Rh. 2.28 S.

IV ring on the little finger

τὸ ἀ. ring on the little finger, Poll. 5.100, Hsch.

V instantly

Adv. ἀκαρῶς Sch. Ar. Pl. 244 (-έως Hsch.); ἀκαρεί, instantly, Plu. Sert. 16.

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  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἀκᾰρής (scan p. 96; entry #271).

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