ἀκμάζω: Difference between revisions

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