ἀκαρής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές, ( κείρω) properly of hair, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">too short to be cut</b>, hence generally, [[small]], [[tiny]], ἀκαρῆ τινα ἐνθυμήματα <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Isoc.</span>20</span>; ἐν ἀκαρεῖ χρόνῳ <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>370 (and codd. in <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>244</span>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., <b class="b2">within a hair's breadth of, all but</b>, στρουθὶς ἀκαρὴς νὴ Δί' εἶ <span class="bibl">Alex.144</span>; ἀ. παραπόλωλας <span class="bibl">Men.835</span>; ἀ. δέω φάσκειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pk.</span>166</span>; κατέπεσον ἀ. τῷ δέει <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>581. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> freq. of Time, esp. neut. <b class="b3">ἀκαρές</b>, [[moment]], ἐν ἀκαρεῖ χρόνου <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>244</span> (ap.<span class="title">EM</span>), <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.56</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Tim.</span>3</span> (also <b class="b3">ἐν ἀ. τοῦ χρόνου</b> ib.<span class="bibl">23</span>); <b class="b3">ἐν ἀ</b>. alone, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Asin.</span>37</span>, <span class="bibl">Plot.5.5.7</span>; also <b class="b3">ἀκαρῆ διαλιπών</b> (sc. <b class="b3">χρόνον</b>) having waited <b class="b2">a moment</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Nu.</span>496</span>; <b class="b3">ἀκαρὲς ὥρας</b> <b class="b2">in a moment</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Ant.</span>28</span>; <b class="b3">ἡμέρας μιᾶς ἀ</b>. Id.2.938a; ἐπ' ἀκαρές <span class="bibl">Aret. <span class="title">SD</span>2.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> neut. pl. <b class="b3">ἀκαρῆ</b>, usu. with negs., not <b class="b2">a bit</b>, not <b class="b2">at all</b>, <b class="b3">οὐκ ἀπολαύεις πλὴν τοῦθ' ὃ φέρεις ἀκαρῆ</b> not <b class="b2">a bit</b>, not <b class="b2">at all</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>701</span>; <b class="b3">οὐδ' ἀκαρῆ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">541</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">D.50.56</span>; <b class="b3">ἀκαρῆ παντελῶς</b> (v.l. [[ἀκαρεί]]) <span class="bibl">Xenarch.7.15</span>; <b class="b3">παρ' ἀκαρῆ</b> within <b class="b2">a hair's breadth</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ax.</span>366c</span>, Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>2.28 S. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">τὸ ἀ</b>. <b class="b2">ring on the little finger</b>, <span class="bibl">Poll.5.100</span>, Hsch. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> Adv. <b class="b3">ἀκαρῶς</b> Sch.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>244</span> (-έως Hsch.); ἀκαρεί, [[instantly]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sert.</span>16</span>.</span>

|etymtx=-ές<br />Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[small]], [[tiny]] (Ar.)<br />Other forms: Mostly in fixed expressions, of time <b class="b3">ἐν ἀκαρεῖ</b> (<b class="b3">χρόνου</b>), <b class="b3">ἀκαρῆ</b> <b class="b2">a moment</b> (Ar.); also <b class="b3">κατέπεσον ἀκαρης τῳ̃ δέει</b> <b class="b2">it was a hairbeadth eescape</b>; <b class="b3">οὐκ ἀκαρῆ</b> <b class="b2">not at all</b>. A form <b class="b3">ἄκαρ</b> is attributed to Antiphon (Taillardat, Images d'Aristophane \#248).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἀκαριαῖος</b> id. (D., ), cf. Chantr. Form. 49.<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Of old derived from <b class="b3">κείρω</b>, <b class="b3">ἐκάρην</b> (wie <b class="b3">ἐμίγην</b> : <b class="b3">ἀμιγής</b>) as <b class="b2">too small to cut</b>: <b class="b3">τὸ βραχύ</b>, <b class="b3">ὅ οὑδε κεῖραι οἷόν τε</b> H.; doubtful. Perhaps <b class="b2">(not a) louse</b>?, see [[ἀκαρί]].