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|etymtx=1.<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b3">ἀκμη σιδήρου</b> Suid., H. (cod. [[αἰχμή]]).<br />Other forms: A parallel formation is [[ἀκίς]], <b class="b3">-ίδος</b> f. [[needle]], [[arrow]], [[barb]] (Hp.).<br />Compounds: see [[sub verbo|s.v.]] <b class="b3">-ήκης</b>.<br />Derivatives: From [[ἀκίς]]: [[ἀκίδιον]] [[small barb]] (BCH 29, 572), [[ἀκιδωτός]] [[pointed]] (Paul. Aeg.), also plant names like [[ἀκιδωτόν]] (Dsc.), passive vb. adj. [[ἠκιδωμένος]] (IG 2, 807). But [[ἀκίσκλων]] (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]], [[ἀκμη]], [[ἀκόνη]], [[ἄκρος]], [[ἀκωκη]], [[ἄκων]], [[ἠκή]], -[[ήκης]].<br />2.<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[silence]], [[quiet]] (Il.)<br />Other forms: Beside instr. [[ἀκᾶ]], <b class="b3">ἀκᾳ̃</b> (Pi.) only acc. [[ἀκήν]]; 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. [[ἄκασκα]] = [[ἡσυχῶς]] H., Crat. 126, <b class="b3">ἀκασκᾳ̃</b> (Pi. fr. 28), formation unexplained; [[ἀκαλά]] n. pl. = adv. (Hes. fr. 218, Sappho 43 L.P); [[ἀκαλαν]] (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 [[ἀκαλαρρείταο]] < <b class="b3">ἀκαλα-ρεϜε-</b> (Il.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: [[ἀκέων]], <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.