ἄκος

English (LSJ)

εος, τό, (ἀκέομαι)

   A cure, remedy, c. gen. rei, κακῶν Od.22.481, etc.; νυμφικῶν ἑδωλίων A.Ch.71; κύβους . . τερπνὸν ἀργίας ἄ. S.Fr. 479.4; κακὸν κακῷ διδοὺς ἄ. Id.Aj.363: abs., ἄ. εὑρεῖν Il.9.250; δίζησθαι, ἐξευρεῖν, ἐκπονεῖν, λαβεῖν, Hdt.1.94, 4.187, A.Supp.367, E.Ba. 327; ἄκη ποιεῖσθαι, c. dat., Pl.Lg.910a: in medical sense, Hp.Acut.1; by a medical metaph., ἄ. ἐντέμνειν, τέμνειν, A.Ag.17, E.Andr.121; ἄ. τομαῖον A.Ch.539: ἄ. [ἔστι], c. inf., ἄ. γὰρ οὐδὲν τόνδε θρηνεῖσθαι it boots not to... Id.Pr.43.    2 means of obtaining a thing, c. gen., σωτηρίας E.Hel.1055.