ἀκρόνυχος
οὗτος μὲν ὁ πιθανώτερος τῶν λόγων εἴρηται, δεῖ δὲ καὶ τὸν ἧσσον πιθανόν, ἐπεί γε δὴ λέγεται, ῥηθῆναι → this is the most credible of the stories told; but I must relate the less credible tale also, since they tell it
English (LSJ)
(A), ον,
A at nightfall, ἄνεμοι Arist.Mete.367b26; ἀνατολαί Thphr.Sign.2; φάσεις Procl.Hyp.5.66; σφάζων ἀκρόνυχος Theoc.Beren.3, cf. Nic. Th.761:—neut. as Adv., Arist.Pr.942a23. (Written ἀκρώνυχος in PHib.27 (iii B. C.).)
ἀκρ-όνῠχος (B), ον,
A = ἀκρώνυχος, AP6.103 (Phil.), Q.S.8.157.
German (Pape)
[Seite 84] (s. ἀκρώνυχος), leicht berührend, κανών Phil. 15 (VI, 103); zw. bei Qu. Sm. 8, 157. am Anfange der Nacht, Arist. Probl. 26, 18; Theocr. frg. Beren. 3 u. sp. D., wie λύχνοι ἀκρ. Nic. Th. 766; ἀνατολαί, Spätaufgang (ὅταν ἅμα δυομένῳ ἡλίῳ ἀνατέλλῃ), Theophr.
