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ἀκόν-η

akone

whetstone

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1. ἀκόνη · akonē — Beekes

ἀκόνη [f.] ‘whetstone’ (Pi.). «1Ὲ *h.ek- ‘sharp, point’> *DER dxovaw [v.] ‘to whet’ (IA), nominal] derivations ἀκόνησις (H., Suid.), ἀκονητής (Ed. Diocl., Hdn.); further ἀκόνιον name of a medicine for the eye (Dsc.), ἀκονίας fish name (Numen. apud Ath. 17, 326a). *ETYM Formation in -όνη like περόνη, βελόνη, etc. (Chantraine 1933: 207), with ἀκas in » ἀκή, » ἀκμή, etc. For the suffix -n-, cf. »ἄκων. — [Beekes, s.v. ἀκόνη, p. 100]

2. ἀκόνη · akonē — Chantraine

ἀκόνη, voir sous dx. ἀκονιτί, voir κόνις. — [Chantraine, s.v. ἀκόνη, p. 63]

3. ἀκόν-η · akon-ē — LSJ

whetstone, hone

whetstone, hone, λιθίνη Chilo 1, Hermipp. 46, etc.

2 whetstone

metaph., δόξαν ἔχω ἀκόνας λιγυρᾶς ἐπὶ γλώσσᾳ I feel the shrill note of a whetstone on my tongue, i.e. am roused to song, Pi. O. 6.82; of persons, e.g. a trainer, ἀνδράσιν ἀεθληταῖσιν Ναξίαν ἀκόναν Pi. I. 6(5).73; of Ἔρως, AP 12.18 (Alph.), cf. Plu. VOrat. 2.838e.

3

part of tragus of ear, Poll. 2.86. (Cf.Skt. áśan- ‘stone’.)

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