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ἀκρᾱής

akraes

blowing strongly

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Where it lives

Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
Odyssey 3 · 0.35/10k

What it meant

ἀκρᾱής · akraēs — LSJ

blowing strongly, brisk breeze, with fresh breeze

blowing strongly, of winds, Od. 2.421, 14.253, Hes. Op. 594; si ἀκραὲς erit if a brisk breeze spring up, Cic. Att. 10.17.9. Adv. ἀκραεί, πλεῖν sail with fresh breeze, Arr. Ind. 24.1.

In the wild

ἀκραέος · akraeos Works and Days 592–596
ἀκραέϊ · akraei Odyssey 14.253
ἀκραέϊ · akraei Odyssey 14.299
ἀκραῆ · akraē Odyssey 2.421

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἀκρᾱής (scan p. 102; entry #309).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἀκρᾱής (scan p. 65; entry #313).

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