ἄκρα (akra)

Where it lives

Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
Helen 1 · 1.02/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

ἄκρα · akra — LSJ

highest, farthest point

highest or farthest point:

1 headland, cape

headland, cape, Il. 4.425, 14.36, Od. 9.285, S. Tr. 788, Pl. Criti. 111a: metaph., ἄκρην πενίης οὐχ ὑπερεδράμομεν Thgn. 619, cf. A. Eu. 562; κάμπτειν Men. 4.

2 hill-top, height

hill-top, height, Od. 8.508, Hymn.Is. 72 (pl.).

3 crest

of a wave, crest, οὐ γὰρ ὑπερθεῖν κύματος ἄκραν δυνάμεσθα E. Fr. 230.

4 from top to bottom, utterly, utterly, utterly, from above

Hom. only in phrase κατʼ ἄκρης, νῦν ὤλετο πᾶσα κατʼ ἄκρης Ἴλιος αἰπεινή from top to bottom, i.e. utterly, Il. 13.772; κατʼ ἄ. Ἴλιον ἑλέειν 15.557, cf. 24.728, Hdt. 6.18, Th. 4.112; κατʼ ἄ. ἐξαιρεῖν Pl. Lg. 909b; γῆν πατρῴαν . . πρῆσαι κατʼ ἄ. utterly, S. Ant. 201: metaph., κατʼ ἄ. ὡς πορθούμεθα how utterly . .! A. Ch. 691, cf. S. OC 1242, E. IA 778; but ἔλασεν μέγα κῦμα κατʼ ἄ. from above, Od. 5.313.

5 citadel, steep

citadel built on a steep rock overhanging a town (usu. ἀκρόπολις), X. An. 7.1.20, Hyp. Lyc. Fr. 3, Luc. Bis Acc. 13.

6 end, extremity, the extremes

end, extremity, Arist. HA 512a6, 518a9: Math., of lines, Papp. 682.14; of the extremes in a proportion, Id. 70.6, Euc. 6.16, etc.

In the wild

ἄκρᾳ · akrai Euripides, Helen (DIORISIS sentence 967)
κατάκρας · katakras Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis (DIORISIS sentence 447)
ἀκρέων · akreōn Herodotus, Histories 2.76.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2080)
ἄκρᾳ · akrai Xenophon, Hellenica 1.6.26 (DIORISIS sentence 270)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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