ἀκταῖος
νύμφην τ' ἄνυμφον παρθένον τ' ἀπάρθενον → wife unwed and virgin that is no virgin | bride that is no bride, virgin that is virgin no more | virgin wife and widowed maid | unwed bride and ravished virgin
English (LSJ)
α, ον, (ἀκτή A)
A on the shore or coast, epith. of cities in Aeolis, Th.4.52: Ἀκταία (sc. γῆ), ἡ, old name of Attica, = ἀκτή (A) 1.2, Call. Fr.348, Paus.1.2.6. 2 dwelling on the coast, belonging thereto, ἰχθύες Hp.Aff.52; θεοί Orph.A.342; βάτραχοι Babr.25.6.
German (Pape)
[Seite 86] (ἀκτή), am Gestade gelegen; θίς, Dünen am Ufer, Bian. 2 (IX, 227); σπιλάδες Opp. H. 2, 127; πόλεις, Philostr.; ἐπωφελίη Qu. Maec. 7 (VI, 33), Hülfe, die Priap den Fischern am Ufer geleistet; θεοί Orph. Arg. 342. Daher kommt ἀκταία, der alte Name von Attika.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀκταῖος: -α, -ον, (ἀκτή) ἐπὶ τῆς ἀκτῆς ἢ παραλίας, ὡς ἐπίθ. τῶν Ἰωνικῶν πόλεων, Θουκ. 4. 52· οὕτως Ἀκταία (ἐνν. γῆ), ἡ, παλαιὸν ὄνομα τῆς Ἀττικῆς = ἀκτὴ (Α), Ι, 2, Καλλ. Ἀπόσπ. 348. 2) κατοικεῖν παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν, ἀνήκειν εἰς τὴν παραλίαν, θεοί, Ὀρφ. Ἀργ. 342· βάτραχοι, Βαβρ. 25, 6· πρβλ. Hicks Inscr. ἀρ. 47 (ο).
