ἀκαρής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἀκαρές, ([[κείρω]]) properly of hair,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[too short to be cut]], hence generally, [[small]], [[tiny]], ἀκαρῆ τινα ἐνθυμήματα D.H.''Isoc.''20; [[ἐν ἀκαρεῖ χρόνῳ]] ''Com.Adesp.''370 (and codd. in Ar.''Pl.''244).<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[within a hair's breadth of]], [[all but]], στρουθὶς ἀκαρὴς νὴ Δί' εἶ Alex.144; ἀ. παραπόλωλας Men.835; ἀ. δέω φάσκειν Id.''Pk.''166; κατέπεσον ἀ. τῷ δέει ''Com.Adesp.''581.<br><span class="bld">III</span> freq. of [[time]], esp. neut. [[ἀκαρές]], [[moment]], [[ἐν ἀκαρεῖ χρόνου]] Ar.''Pl.''244 (ap.''EM''), Alciphr.3.56, Luc. ''Tim.''3 (also [[ἐν ἀκαρεῖ τοῦ χρόνου]] ib.23); [[ἐν ἀκαρεῖ]] alone, Id.''Asin.''37, Plot.5.5.7; also [[ἀκαρῆ διαλιπών]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[χρόνον]]) [[having waited a moment]], Ar. ''Nu.''496; [[ἀκαρὲς ὥρας]] = [[in a moment]], Plu.''Ant.''28; <b class="b3">ἡμέρας μιᾶς ἀ.</b> Id.2.938a; [[ἐπ' ἀκαρές]] Aret. ''SD''2.2.<br><span class="bld">2</span> neut. pl. [[ἀκαρῆ]], usually with negs., [[not a bit]], [[not at all]], <b class="b3">οὐκ ἀπολαύεις πλὴν τοῦθ' ὃ φέρεις ἀκαρῆ</b> [[not a bit]], [[not at all]], Ar.''V.''701; [[οὐδ' ἀκαρῆ]] ib.541 (lyr.), D.50.56; ἀκαρῆ [[παντελῶς]] ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ἀκαρεί]]) Xenarch.7.15; [[παρ' ἀκαρῆ]] = [[within a hair's breadth]], Pl.''Ax.''366c, Phld.''Rh.''2.28 S.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[τὸ ἀκαρές]] = [[ring on the little finger]], Poll.5.100, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]<br><span class="bld">V</span> Adv. [[ἀκαρῶς]] Sch.Ar.''Pl.''244 ([[ἀκαρέως]] [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]); [[ἀκαρεί]], [[instantly]], Plu.''Sert.''16.