ἀκροπόλος
From LSJ
ἰχθύς ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζειν ἄρχεται → the fish stinks from the head, a fish rots from the head down, the fish rots from the head down, fish begin to stink at the head, the fish stinks first at the head, corruption starts at the top, the rot starts at the top
English (LSJ)
ον, (πολέω)
A high-ranging, lofly, ἐπ' ἀκροπόλοισιν ὄρεσσιν Il.5.523, cf. Od.19.205. II Subst., ἀκροπόλοι, οἱ, arctic and antarctic circles, Olymp.in Mete. 183.30.
German (Pape)
[Seite 84] in der Höhe seiend, hoch; vgl. οἰοπόλος; Hom. zweimal, ἐπ' (ἐν) ἀκροπόλοισιν ὄρεσσιν Iliad. 5, 523 Od. 19, 205, im Hochgebirge.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀκροπόλος: -ον, (πολέω) ὁ εἰς ὕψος αἰρόμενος, ὑψηλός, ἐν ἀκροπόλοισιν ὄρεσσιν, Ἰλ. Ε. 523, Ὀδ. Τ. 205˙ «τὸ ἐν ἀκροπ. ὄρ. ταὐτόν ἐστι τῷ κορυφαῖς ὀρῶν», Εὐστ. ἐν Ὀθ. ἔνθ’ ἀνωτ.
