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|etymtx=1.<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b3">ἀκμη σιδήρου</b> Suid., H. (cod. <b class="b3">αἰχμή</b>).<br />Other forms: A parallel formation is <b class="b3">ἀκίς</b>, <b class="b3">-ίδος</b> f. [[needle]], [[arrow]], [[barb]] (Hp.).<br />Compounds: see s.v. <b class="b3">-ήκης</b>.<br />Derivatives: From <b class="b3">ἀκίς</b>: <b class="b3">ἀκίδιον</b> <b class="b2">small barb</b> (BCH 29, 572), <b class="b3">ἀκιδωτός</b> [[pointed]] (Paul. Aeg.), also plant names like <b class="b3">ἀκιδωτόν</b> (Dsc.), passive vb. adj. <b class="b3">ἠκιδωμένος</b> (IG 2, 807). But <b class="b3">ἀκίσκλων</b> (gen. pl. BGU 1028, 12; 16, IIp) from Lat. [[acisculum]] <b class="b2">the small pointed hammer of a stone-mason</b>, cf. Schubart's comment.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [18] <b class="b2">*h₂eḱ-</b><br />Etymology: Prob. from a root noun, Schwyzer 465. - Derived from a root <b class="b3">ἀκ-</b> [[sharp]], seen in several other foms.<br />See also: [[ἄκαινα]], [[ἄκανος]], [[ἄκων]], <b class="b3">ἀκμη</b>, [[ἀκόνη]], [[ἄκρος]], <b class="b3">ἀκωκη</b>, [[ἄκων]], [[ἠκή]], -<b class="b3">ήκης</b>.<br />2.<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[silence]], [[quiet]] (Il.)<br />Other forms: Beside instr. <b class="b3">ἀκᾶ</b>, <b class="b3">ἀκᾳ̃</b> (Pi.) only acc. <b class="b3">ἀκήν</b>; in Hom. adv. in <b class="b3">ἀκην ἐγένοντο σιώπῃ</b>, which shows that the original meaning was [[quiet]], [[calm]]; cf. <b class="b3">ἀκην ἦγες</b>. <b class="b3">ἡσυχίαν ἦγες</b> H.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἀκήνιον· ἥσυχον</b> EM 48, 1. <b class="b3">ἄκασκα</b> = <b class="b3">ἡσυχῶς</b> H., Crat. 126, <b class="b3">ἀκασκᾳ̃</b> (Pi. fr. 28), formation unexplained; <b class="b3">ἀκαλά</b> n. pl. = adv. (Hes. fr. 218, Sappho 43 L.P); <b class="b3">ἀκαλαν</b> (Sappho 68, 86 L.P.); <b class="b3">ἀκαλόν· ἥσυχον</b>, <b class="b3">πρᾳ̃ον</b>, <b class="b3">μαλακόν Η</b>. This adv. in <b class="b3">ἀκαλαρρείταο</b> < <b class="b3">ἀκαλα-ρεϜε-</b> (Il.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: <b class="b3">ἀκέων</b>, <b class="b3">-έοντε</b>, <b class="b3">-έουσα</b> is a ptc.; the form in <b class="b3">-ων</b> became indeclinable (Δ 422). - One connects [[ἦκα]], q.v.

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