ἄκρος (akros)

1. ἄκρος · akros — Beekes

ἄκρος, -α, -ov [adj.) ‘at the farthest point, topmost, outermost’ (11.} 41Ὲ *h,ek- ‘sharp, point’> eVAR Old substantivized forms ἄκρα [{], ἄκρον [n.] ‘highest or farthest point, headland, cape’, Hom. κατ᾽ ἄκρης (πόλιος) ‘from the highest point down’, hence ‘completely, utterly’, also κατ᾽ ἄκρηθεν (which became κατὰ κρῆθεν by association with xdpa); see Leumann 1950: 56ff. eCOMP ἀκρόπολις (Od.), the Iliad still has … — [Beekes, s.v. ἄκρος, p. 104]

2. ἄκρος · akros — Frisk

ἄκρος, -a, -ov "äußerst, oberst, höchst, an der Spitze befindlich’ ; daneben seit alters ἄκρα f., ἄκρον τι. “das äußerste Ende, Spitze, Höhe, Vorgebirge’, “τὸ ἄριστον καὶ κάλλιστον᾽ EM; Hom. κατ᾽ ἄκρης (πόλιος) “von der oberen (Burg) hinab’, κατ᾽ ἄκρηϑεν, att. κατ᾽ ἄκρας ‘gänzlich’, s. Leumann Hom. Wörter 56ff.; zu ἄκρον noch Krahe IF 58, 141; ἄκρος eig. adjektiviertes Substantiv? (Frisk IF 56, 113f.). Sehr … — [Frisk, s.v. ἄκρος, p. 89]

3. ἄκρος · akros — Frisk

ἄκρος. Aus ἄκρων lat. acrö ‘die äußersten Gliedmaßen (der Haustiere), u.a. die Füße’ (Andre Rev. de phil. 3. ser. 40 ἀκταίνω --- ἀλεξω 25 [1966] 46f.). Zu ἀκρωνία Scheller Oxytonierung 41. Vgl. noch ἀκρουνοί" ὅροι, ὑπὸ Μακεδόνων H. (Kalleris Mac&doniens 89f.). — [Frisk, s.v. ἄκρος, p. 2150]

4. ἄκρος · akros — LSJ

at the farthest point, end, topmost, outermost, inmost

at the farthest point or end, hence either topmost, outermost, or inmost.

1 highest, topmost, at its surface, surface of, tops

highest, topmost, ἀκροτάτῃ κορυφῇ Il. 1.499, al.; ἐν πόλει ἄκρῃ, = ἐν ἀκροπόλει, Il. 6.88, cf. 257; ἄκρῳ Ὀλύμπῳ 13.523; ἀνὰ Γαργάρῳ ἄκρῳ 14.352; λάψοντες . . μέλαν ὕδωρ ἄκρον at its surface, 16.162; ἄκρον ῥινόν surface of skin, Od. 22.278; ἐπʼ ἄκρων ὀρέων on mountain tops, S. OT 1106: Sup. ἀκρότατος, ὔσδος Sapph. 93.2; ὀρόφοισι Orac. ap. Hdt. 7.140.

2 outermost, farthest edge, surface, extremities, end, ends, tip, thumb, great toe, top, tiptoe, tip-tail, outside of, mere edges of, close-reefed

outermost, πεδίον ἐπʼ ἄκρον to the farthest edge of the plain, S. Ant. 1197; κατʼ ἄκρας σπιλάδος from the surface of a stone, Id. Tr. 678; esp. of extremities of body, ἄ. χείρ, πόδες, ὦμος, end of hand, ends of feet, tip of shoulder, Il. 5.336, 16.640, 17.599; ἄκρων χειρῶν καὶ ποδῶν Hdt. 1.119, cf. Th. 2.49, Pl. La. 183b, Ti. 76e; but τὸ ἄ. τῆς χειρός, τοῦ ποδός, thumb, great toe, LXX Ex. 29.20, Le. 18.22; γλῶσσαν ἄκραν S. Aj. 238; πίτυν ἄκρας τῆς κόμης καθέλκων by the top of the crown, Cratin.

b extremity, extremes, extreme

Geom., of the extremity of a line, ἡ ἐπʼ ἄκραν τὴν ἀποληφθεῖσαν ἀγομένη Apollon.Perg. Con. 4.8: Math., of extremes in a proportion, Pl. Ti. 36a, etc.; εἰς ἄκρον καὶ μέσον λόγον τέμνειν cut in extreme and mean ratio, Euc. 6.30, cf. 5 Def. 17.

c flank men

in Tactics, ἄκροι, οἱ, flank men, Ascl. Tact. 1.3, cf. 7.6.

3 inmost

inmost, μυελός E. Hipp. 255.

II edge, nightfall, beginning, mid, dead

of Time, ἄκρᾳ σὺν ἑσπέρᾳ on the edge of evening. i.e. at nightfall, Pi. P. 11.10, cf. ἄκρῃ νυκτί Arat. 775; ἄκρου τοῦ ἔαρος at beginning of spring, IPE 12.352.29 (Cherson., ii B. C.); but usu. denoting completeness, ἄκρου τοῦ θέρεος at mid-summer, Hp. Aph. 3.18; χειμῶνος ἄκρω Theoc. 11.37; ἄκρας νυκτός at dead of night, S. Aj. 285.

III highest, consummate

of Degree, highest in its kind, consummate,

1 strong, quick, passionate

of persons, Hdt. 5.112, 6.122; τοξότης ἄ. A. Ag. 628; θεσφάτων γνώμων ἄ. ib. 1130; μάντις S. El. 1499; ἰατροί Phld. Lib. p.67 O.; οἱ πάντῃ ἄ., οἱ ἀκρότατοι Pl. Tht. 148c; of any extremes, opp. τὰ μεταξύ, τοῖς ἄ. τὰ ἄ. ἀποδιδόναι Id. R. 478e, cf. Phd. 90a; of classes in a state, Arist. Pol. 1296b39: in moral sense, both good and bad, ἐπιδικάζονται οἱ ἄ. τῆς μέσης χώρας Id. EN 1107b31; αἱ ἄ. [διαθέσεις] ib. 1108b14, cf. ἄκρον II.1:—c. acc. modi, ψυχὴν οὐκ ἄ. not strong of mind, Hdt. 5.124; ἄ. τὰ π

2 highest, extreme

of things, highest, extreme, συμφορά Alex. 222.4 (cj. Dobree); νηστεία Diph. 54: Sup., Pl. Phlb. 45a.

as Subst., v. ἄκρα, ἄκρον.

V on the top, surface

neut. as Adv., on the top or surface, ἄκρον ἐπὶ ῥηγμῖνος Il. 20.229; ἄκρα δʼ ἐπʼ αὐτᾶς βαθμῖδος AP 7.428.3 (Mel.).

2 at the point

reg. Adv. ἄκρως, ἀνεστάλθαι to be turned up at the point, Hp. Mochl. 24.

b utterly, perfectly, absolutely

utterly, perfectly, Pl. R. 543a, Hegesand. 4; μόνος ἄκρως Euphro 1.5; σχῆμα ἄ. στρογγύλον absolutely round, Hero Def. 76.

c skilfully

skilfully, Phld. Lib. p.27 O.

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