ἀκίς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ίδος, ἡ, (cf. [[ἀκή]] A) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[pointed object]]; hence, [[needle]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Int.</span> 41</span>; [[splinter]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Epid.</span>5.46</span>; <b class="b3">πετροτόμος ἀ</b>., of a chisel, <span class="title">APl.</span>4.221 (Theaet.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[barb]] of an arrow or hook, βελῶν <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Demetr.</span>20</span>; ἀγκίστρου <span class="title">AP</span>6.5 (Phil.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[arrow]], [[dart]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>443</span>, <span class="bibl">Mnesim.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>5.151</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> metaph., <b class="b3">ἔρως . . ἡ φρενῶν ἀ</b>. <span class="bibl">Tim.Com.2</span>; <b class="b3">πόθων ἀκίδες</b> [[stings]] of desire, <span class="title">AP</span>12.76 (Mel.): in pl., [[sharp]], [[acute pains]], <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SD</span>2.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> surgical [[bandage]], Gal.18(1).823.</span>