ἄκρον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ου, τό, (neut. of <b class="b3">ἄκρος</b>) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> like [[ἄκρα]], [[highest]] or <b class="b2">farthest point</b>: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> [[mountain top]], [[peak]], Γάργαρον ἄκρον Ἴδης <span class="bibl">Il.14.292</span>; ἄκρον ὑπερβαλέειν <span class="bibl">Od.11.597</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ἄκρα</b> [[heights]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.100</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Criti.</span> 110e</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">ἄκρα νάων</b> ships' [[tops]], Alc.<span class="title">Supp.</span>12.9. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[headland]], [[cape]], Σούνιον ἄκρον Ἀθηνέων <span class="bibl">Od.3.278</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[end]], [[extremity]], <b class="b3">τὰ ἄ. τῆς θαλάσσης, [τοῦἀέρος</b>], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span> 109d</span>, <span class="bibl">109e</span>; <b class="b3">ἄκρα χειρῶν</b> [[hands]], <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Im.</span>6</span>; <b class="b3">ἐξ ἄκρων</b> at <b class="b2">the end</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>29</span>; ἐξ ἄκρου <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>398; ἐπ' ἄκροις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>220d</span>:—[[border]], [[frontier]], <span class="bibl">Plb.1.42.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[highest pitch]], [[height]], πανδοξίας ἄκρον <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>1.11</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς ἄκρον ἀνδρείας ἱκέσθαι</b> to <b class="b2">highest pitch</b>, <span class="bibl">Simon.58</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς ἄκρον ἁδύς</b> [[exceedingly]], <span class="bibl">Theoc. 14.61</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἄκρον ἀφικέσθαι, ἐλθεῖν</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>268e</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ti.</span>20a</span>; πρὸς ἄκρῳ γενέσθαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>247b</span>; ἄκρον ἔχων σοφίης <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>442 (Nabataea); ἄκρον ἐρώτων εἰδότος, ἄκρα μάχας <span class="title">AP</span>7.448 (Leon.):—<b class="b3">ἄκρα, τά</b>, [[heights]], [[highest point]], <b class="b3">οὔτοι ποθ' ἥξει</b> (sic) τῶν ἄκρων ἄνευ πόνου <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>397</span>; <b class="b3">ἄκρα φέρεσθαι</b> win [[prize]], <span class="bibl">Theoc.12.31</span>; ἄκρα φέρουσ' ἀρετῆς ὑμῖν <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span> 224.2 (Samos). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of persons, <b class="b3">Ἄργεος ἄκρα Πελασγοί</b> [[pride]] of Argos, <span class="bibl">Theoc.15.142</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">δρυὸς ἄκρα</b>, = [[ἀκρόδρυα]], ib.<span class="bibl">112</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> in Logic of Arist. <b class="b3">τὰ ἄκρα</b> are <b class="b2">major and minor terms</b> of syllogism, opp. to <b class="b3">μέσον</b> or middle, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">APr.</span>25b36</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> [[extremes]] in a proportion, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">EN</span>1133b2</span>.</span>