ἀκονάω

English (LSJ)

(ἀκόνη)

   A sharpen, μαχαίρας Ar.Fr.684; λόγχην X.Cyr.6.2.33:—Med., ἀκονᾶσθαι μαχαίρας Id.HG7.5.20:—Pass., Arist.Pr.886b10, Phld.Sign.34.    2 metaph., spur, goad on, D.25.46; provoke, γλῶσσαν ἠκονημένος Trag.Adesp.423, cf. X.Oec.21.3, Ph.1.469, al., Chor. in Jahrb.9.184; θυμὸν ἐπ' ἐλπίδι τινὸς ἀ. Demad.17:—Pass., Ph.2.178, al.

German (Pape)

[Seite 76] (-νη), schärfen, wetzen, λόγχας Xen. Cyr. 6, 2, 33; med., λόγχας καὶ μαχαίρας Hell. 7, 5, 20; κεραυνόν Luc. Tim. 19; πρίων ἀκονώμενος Arist. Probl. 7, 5; ὀδόντας Aesop. 54. – Uebertr. anreizen, anfeuern, ψυχὴν ἐπί τι Xen. O. 21, 3; τί τοῦτον ἀκονᾷς; Dem. 25, 46; πόλιν ἐφ' ἑαυτόν Ep. 2; Plut. u. Sp. bes. γλῶσσαν.