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ἄκμων

akmon

anvil

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1. ἄκμων · akmōn — Beekes

ἄκμων, -ovoc [m.] ‘anvil’ (Il), also ‘meteoric stone’ (Hes. Th. 722), = οὐρανός ἢ σίδηρον ‘heaven, iron’ (H.), = ἀλετρίβανος, Κύπριοι ‘pestle (Cypr.) (H.). <1E *h.ekmon- ‘stone, heaven’> *COMP ἀκμό-θετον [n.} (Hom.) ‘base of an anvil’, with the root of » τίθημι. *DER Diminutive ἀκμόνιον (Aisop.). *ETYM Old word for ‘stone’, found in several languages: Skt. dfman- [m.] ‘stone, heaven’, cf. the glosses meaning of … — [Beekes, s.v. ἄκμων, p. 99]

2. ἄκμων · akmōn — Chantraine

ἄκμων, -ovoc : m. le mot doit être originellement un nom de la pierre (ef. Εἰ.). Il est possible qu'il y ait un souvenir de ce sens chez Hés. Th. 722 où il est question d'un χαλκέος ἄκμων tombant du ciel, probablement, un météore, ainsi que dans la glose d'Hsch. ἄχμων * οὐρανὸς ἢ σίδηρον..., ie ciel pouvant être considéré comme une voûte de pierre (cf. El.). Le sens habituei du mot est « enelume » (Hom., ion.-att.) … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἄκμων, p. 62]

3. ἄκμων · akmōn — Frisk

ἄκμων, -ovoc m. “Amboß’ (ep. ion. poet.), vereinzelt auch ‘Meteorstein’ (Hes. Th. 722), = οὐρανός H., = ἀλετρίβανος. Κύπριοι H. — Deminutivum ἀκμόνιον (Aisop.), zu bemerken ferner das Syntheton ἀκμό-ϑε-τον τὶ. (Hom.) "Untersatz des Ambosses’, Zusammenbildung mit dem Verbalstamm von τίϑημι durch Hinzufügung des Kompositionssuffixes -ro-, In derselben Bedeutung ἀκμο-ϑέ-της Poll. 10, 147. Altes Wort für *Stein’, das in … — [Frisk, s.v. ἄκμων, p. 84]

4. ἄκμων · akmōn — LSJ

meteoric stone, thunderbolt

meteoric stone, thunderbolt (v. sub fin.), χάλκεος ἄ. οὐρανόθεν κατιών Hes. Th. 722, cf. 724.

II anvil, very anvils

anvil, Il. 18.476, Od. 8.274, Hdt. 1.68: metaph., πρὸς ἄκμονι χάλκευε γλῶσσαν Pi. P. 1.86; λόγχης ἄκμονες very anvils to bear blows (cf. Sch. ad loc.), A. Pers. 51; ὑπομένειν πληγὰς ἄκμων Aristopho 4; Τιρύνθιος ἄ., i. e. Hercules, Call. Dian. 146 (expl. by Sch. ὁ μὴ καμὼν ἐπὶ τοῖς ἄθλοις).

2 pestle

pestle (Cyprian), Hsch.

3 head

head of a battering-ram, Apollod. Poliorc. 161.4.

III eagle

kind of eagle, Hsch.

IV wolf

kind of wolf, Opp. C. 3.326.

V

Pythag., = 6, Theol.Ar. 37. (Cf. Skt. áśman ‘sling-stone’, etc.)

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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. ἄκμων (scan pp. 99-100; entry #297).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἄκμων (scan p. 62; entry #299).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἄκμων (scan p. 84; entry #280).

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