ἀκίς

English (LSJ)

ίδος, ἡ, (cf. ἀκή A)

   A pointed object; hence, needle, Hp.Int. 41; splinter, Id.Epid.5.46; πετροτόμος ἀ., of a chisel, APl.4.221 (Theaet.).    2 barb of an arrow or hook, βελῶν Plu.Demetr.20; ἀγκίστρου AP6.5 (Phil.).    3 arrow, dart, Ar.Pax443, Mnesim.7, Opp.H.5.151.    4 metaph., ἔρως . . ἡ φρενῶν ἀ. Tim.Com.2; πόθων ἀκίδες stings of desire, AP12.76 (Mel.): in pl., sharp, acute pains, Aret.SD2.4.    II surgical bandage, Gal.18(1).823.

German (Pape)

[Seite 73] ίδος, ἡ (ἀκή), Spitze, Stachel, oft bei Hippocr.; βέλους, Pfeilspitze, Plut. Demetr. 20; vgl. Crass. 25; καλάμων, des Schreibrohrs, Paul. Sil. 52 (VI, 66); Schiffsschnabel, Diod. Sic. 13, 99; Harpune, Opp. H. 5, 151; Pfeile des Eros, Ant. Th. 53 (Plan. 213); Archi. 1 (V, 58); πόθων, Stachel der Sehnsucht, Mel. 17 (XII, 70). Bei Sp. Mad. auch eine Binde.