ἀκροθίνιον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">θῑ], τό</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span> 282</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.132</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>946b</span>; mostly pl.ἀκρο-θίνια or ἀκρό-θῑνα, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>7.41</span>, al.: sg.ἄκρο-θις, ἡ, acc. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> -θινα <span class="title">GDI</span>2561 D 47 Rüsch (Delph., iv B. C.): (ἄκρος, θίς):—<b class="b2">topmost</b> or <b class="b2">best part of heap</b>; hence, <b class="b2">firstfruits of the field, booty</b>, etc., offered to the gods, <span class="bibl">Simon.109</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.86</span>, <span class="bibl">90</span>, al., Pi.l.c., etc.; ἀ. τῆς Μαραθῶνι μάχης <span class="title">Michel</span>1117 (Delph.); <b class="b3">ἀκρόθινα πολέμου</b>, in <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>2.4</span>, of the Olympic games, <b class="b2">as founded from spoils taken in war</b>, cf. ib.<span class="bibl">10(11).57</span>.—Properly neut. Adj., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>834</span> <b class="b3">ἀκροθίνια θύη</b> offerings <b class="b2">of firstfruits</b>. Post-Hom., rare in early Prose.</span>