ἀκμάζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=([[ἀκμή]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> to [[be in full bloom]], [[be at the prime]]: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> of persons, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.134</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>335e</span>; <b class="b3">ἀκμάζω σώματι, ἀκμάζω ῥώμῃ</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>4.4.23</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>310d</span>, etc.; of cities and states, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.57</span>, <span class="bibl">5.28</span>; ἀ. τὸ σῶμα ἀπὸ τῶν λ ἐτῶν μέχρι τῶν έ καὶ λ <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1390b9</span>; = [[τὰ τῶν νέων πράττειν]] <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 122</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[flourish]], [[abound in]] a thing, πλούτῳ <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.29</span>; παρασκευῇ πάσῃ <span class="bibl">Th.1.1</span>; νεότητι <span class="bibl">Id.2.20</span>; ναυσὶκαὶ χρήμασι <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.163</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> c. inf., to [[be strong enough]] to do, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.1.25</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of things, <b class="b3">ἀ. ὁ πυρετός, ἡ νόσος</b> [[is at its height]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>2.29</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Epid.</span>1.25</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.49</span>; τοῦ πάθους ἀκμάζοντος <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Lib.</span>p.31</span> O.; ἀ. ὁ πόλεμος <span class="bibl">Th.3.3</span>; of [[corn]], to [[be ripe]], <span class="bibl">Id.2.19</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἡνίκα . . ἀκμάζοι [ὁ θυμός</b>] when [[passion]] is at its [[height]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>70d</span>; ἀκμάζουσα ῥώμη <span class="bibl">Antipho4.3.3</span>; <b class="b3">ἀκμάζει πάντα ἐπιμελείας δεόμενα</b> require [[the utmost]] care, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.2.40</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> impers., c. inf., <b class="b3">ἀκμάζει βρετέων ἔχεσθαι</b> '[[tis time]] to... <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>97</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">νῦν γὰρ ἀ. Πειθὼ . . ξυγκαταβῆναι</b> now '[[tis time]] for her to... <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ch.</span> 726</span>.</span>