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ἀκμή

akme

point, edge; culminating point, prime, zenith

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What it meant

1. ἀκμή · akmē — Beekes

ἀκμή [f.] ‘point, edge; culminating point, prime, zenith’ (IL.). <1£ *h,ek- ‘point, sharp’> eVAR The acc. ἀκμήν is used adverbially in the sense ‘as yet, still’. ¢DER ἀκμαῖος ‘in full bloom, timely’ (A.), ἀκμηνός ‘full-grown’ (y 191). Denominative verb ἀκμάζω [v.] ‘to be in one’s prime’ (1A); thence: 1. ἀκμαστής = ἀκμαῖος (Hdn.), oi ἀκμασταί name of a gymnastic club in Thyatira (inscr.); 2. ἀκμαστικός = ἀκμαῖος … — [Beekes, s.v. ἀκμή, p. 99]

2. ἀκμή · akmē — Frisk

ἀκμή “Spitze, Schärfe, Schneide, Höhepunkt, rechter Zeitpunkt’ (ion. att.); der Akkusativ ἀκμήν als Adv. ‘eben noch’, ngr. ἀκόμη, vgl. Kretschmer Glotta 22, 234f. gegen Hatzidakis Admä 41,79ff. Ableitungen: ἀκμαῖος ‘voll ausgewachsen, rechtzeitig’ (ion. att.), ἀκμηνός “voll ausgewachsen’ (y 191, Paus.). Denominatives Verb ἀκμάξω “in voller Kraft, auf dem Höhepunkt stehen’ (ion. att.); davon 1. ἀκμαστής = ἀκμαῖος — [Frisk, s.v. ἀκμή, p. 83]

3. ἀκ-μή · ak-mē — Frisk

ἀκ-μή und das rein nominale ἅλ- μη. An πυγ-ὧν erinnern dyx-cv, λαγ-ὦν, ersteres vielleicht verbal, letzteres wohl nominal (s. zu λαγαίω). Auch πύκ-της läßt sich sowohl primär wie sekundär auffassen; für πύξ liegt nominaler Ursprung am nächsten (s. Schwyzer 620); vgl. noch rö&* zuyun H. — Eine entsprechende I-Ableitung liegt in lat. pug-il m. "'Faustkämpfer’ vor, eine nBildung in pug-nus m. ‘Faust’ (wozu pugnäre, … — [Frisk, s.v. ἀκ-μή, p. 1592]

4. ἀκμή · akmē — LSJ

point, edge, edge, hands, feet, pointed

point, edge: prov., ἐπὶ ξυροῦ ἀκμῆς on the razorʼs edge (v. sub ξυρόν); ἀ. φασγάνου, ὅπλων, Pi. P. 9.81, Plb. 15.16.3 (pl.); ὀδόντων Pi. N. 4.63, etc.; λόγχης ἀκμή E. Supp. 318; κερκίδων ἀκμαί S. Ant. 976; ἀμφιδέξιοι ἀ. both hands, Id. OT 1243; ποδοῖν ἀ. feet, ib. 1034; ἔμπυροι ἀκμαί pointed flames, E. Ph. 1255, cf. πυρὸς ἀκμαί Epicr. 6 codd.

II highest, culminating point, flower, prime, zenith, ripe, prime, mid, flower, crisis, strength, vigour, swiftness

highest or culminating point of anything, flower, prime, zenith, esp. of manʼs age, ἀκμὴ ἥβης S. OT 741; ἐν τῇδε τοῦ κάλλους ἀκμῇ Cratin. 195; σώματός τε καὶ φρονήσεως Pl. R. 461a; μέτριος χρόνος ἀκμῆς 460e; ὀξυτάτη δρόμου ἀ. ibid.; ἀ. βίου X. Cyr. 7.2.20, etc.; ἐν ταύταις ταῖς ἀ. Isoc. 7.37; ἐν ἀκμῇ εἶναι, of corn, to be ripe, Th. 4.2; ἀκμὴν ἔχειν τῆς ἄνθης Pl. Phdr. 230b; τοσοῦτον τῆς ἀ. ὑστερῶν Isoc. Ep. 6.4; τῆς ἀ. λήγειν begin to decline, Pl. Smp. 219a:—in various relations, ἀ. ἦρος spring-

2 supreme effort, culmination, climax

Rhet., ἀκμὴ λόγου supreme effort, culmination, climax, Hermog. Inv. 4.4, Id. 1.10; pl., ib. 11, cf. Philostr. VS 1.25.7.

III the time, best, most fitting time, time, point, the nick of time, the critical time, critical moment

of Time, like καιρός, the time, i.e. best, most fitting time, freq. in Trag., ἡνίκʼ ἂν δὴ πρὸς γάμων ἥκητʼ ἀκμάς S. OT 1492; ἔργων, λόγων, ἕδρας ἀκμή time for doing, speaking, sitting still, Id. El. 22, Ph. 12, Aj. 811: c. inf., κοὐκέτʼ ἦν μέλλειν ἀ. A. Pers. 407, cf. Ag. 1353; ἀπηλλάχθαι δʼ ἀ. S. El. 1338; σοὶ . . ἀ. φιλοσοφεῖν Isoc. 1.3; ὁ καιρὸς ἔστʼ ἐπʼ αὐτῆς τῆς ἀκμῆς Ar. Pl. 256; ἐπʼ ἀκμῆς εἶναι, c. inf., to be on point of doing, E. Hel. 897; εἰς ἀκμὴν ἐλθὼν φίλοις in the nick of time, E.

IV eruption, acne

eruption on face, Cass. Pr. 13, Aët. 7.110, 8.13 (f.l. ἀκνάς, whence mod. acne).

5. ἄκμη · akmē — LSJ

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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. ἀκμή (scan p. 99; entry #295).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἀκμή (scan p. 62; entry #297).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἀκμή (scan p. 83; entry #278).

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