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ἀκή

ake1

point of an iron tool

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1. ἀκή · akē — Beekes

ἀκή 1 [{.] - ἀκμὴ σιδήρου ‘point of an iron tool’ (Suid., H.), cod. αἰχμή. «VAR A parallel formation is dxic, -ἰδος [f.] ‘needle, arrow, barb’ (Hp.). *COMP On -ἤκης see > ἠκή. *DER From axic: ἀκίδιον ‘small barb’ (BCH 29, 572), ἀκιδώδης ‘pointed’ (Thphr.), ἀκιδωτός ‘id. (Paul. Aeg.), also plant names like ἀκιδωτόν (Dsc.), passive verbal adj. ἠκιδωμένος (IG 2, 807), also compounded in … — [Beekes, s.v. ἀκή, p. 97]

2. ἀκή · akē — Beekes

ἀκή 2 [f.] ‘silence, quiet’ (IL). «Ὁ eVAR Beside the instr. ἀκᾶ, ἀκᾷ (Pi) only acc. ἀκήν; in Hom. adverbial in ἀκὴν ἐγένοντο σιώ»τῃ, which shows that the original mg. was ‘quiet, calm’; cf. ἀκὴν ἦγες: ἡσυχίαν ἦγες ‘were bringing quiet or calm’ (H.). *DER ἀκέων, -ἔοντε, -ἔουσα is a ptc; the form in -wv became indeclinable (A 422). The optative dxéotc (A. R. 1, 765) is a late creation. ἀκήνιον: ἤσυχον ‘quiet’ (EM 48, … — [Beekes, s.v. ἀκή, p. 98]

3. ἀκή · akē — Frisk

ἀκή “ἀκμὴ σιδήρου᾽ Suid., H. (cod. αἰχμή). Daneben dxtc, -löog f. Bez. allerhand spitzer Gegenstände wie Nadel, Pfeil, Widerhaken, Meißel (ion, att.), wahrscheinlich Ableitung (Umbildung) eines verschollenen Wurzelnomens, vgl.Schwyzer 465. Von ἀκές gehen mehrere Nomins aus: ἀκίδιον “kleiner Widerhaken’ (BCH 29, 572), ἀκιδώδης ‘spitz’ (Thphr.), ἀκιδωτός “ds.” (Paul. Aeg. u.a.), auch Pflanzenname wie ἀκιδωτόν (Dsk.), … — [Frisk, s.v. ἀκή, p. 82]

4. ἀκή · akē — Frisk

ἀκή, ἀκίς, dxwxf enthalten alle ein Element dx-, das u.a. in den bedeutungsverwandten ἄκαινα, äxavos, ἄκων, ἀκμή, ἄκρος, ἠκή vorliegt, 3. dd. — [Frisk, s.v. ἀκή, p. 82]

5. ἀκή · akē — LSJ

point

point, Hsch., Suid.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἀκή (scan p. 98; entry #286).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἀκή (scan p. 82; entry #269).

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