ἀκμή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, (cf. [[ἀκή]] A) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[point]], [[edge]]: prov., <b class="b3">ἐπὶ ξυροῦ ἀκμῆς</b> on the razor's [[edge]] (v. sub <b class="b3">ξυρόν</b>); <b class="b3">ἀ. φασγάνου, ὅπλων</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>9.81</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.15.16.3</span> (pl.); ὀδόντων <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>4.63</span>, etc.; λόγχης ἀκμή <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>318</span>; κερκίδων ἀκμαί <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>976</span>; <b class="b3">ἀμφιδέξιοι ἀ</b>. both [[hands]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span>1243</span>; <b class="b3">ποδοῖν ἀ</b>. [[feet]], ib.<span class="bibl">1034</span>; <b class="b3">ἔμπυροι ἀκμαί</b> [[pointed]] flames, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1255</span>, cf. πυρὸς ἀκμαί <span class="bibl">Epicr.6c</span>odd. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[highest]] or <b class="b2">culminating point</b> of anything, [[flower]], [[prime]], [[zenith]], esp. of man's age, ἀκμὴ ἥβης <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>741</span>; ἐντῇδε τοῦ κάλλους ἀκμῇ <span class="bibl">Cratin.195</span>; σώματός τε καὶ φρονήσεως <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>461a</span>; μέτριος χρόνος ἀκμῆς <span class="bibl">460e</span>; <b class="b3">ὀξυτάτη δρόμου ἀ</b>. ibid.; ἀ. βίου <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.2.20</span>, etc.; ἐν ταύταις ταῖς ἀ. <span class="bibl">Isoc.7.37</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν ἀκμῇ εἶναι</b>, of corn, to be [[ripe]], <span class="bibl">Th.4.2</span>; ἀκμὴν ἔχειν τῆς ἄνθης <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>230b</span>; τοσοῦτον τῆς ἀ. ὑστερῶν <span class="bibl">Isoc. <span class="title">Ep.</span>6.4</span>; <b class="b3">τῆς ἀ. λήγειν</b> begin to decline, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>219a</span>:—in various relations, <b class="b3">ἀ. ἦρος</b> spring-[[prime]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.64</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. θέρους</b> [[mid]]-summer, <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">HG</span>5.3.19</span>; βραχεῖα ἀ. πληρώματος <span class="bibl">Th.7.14</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. τοῦ ναυτικοῦ</b> [[flower]] of their navy, <span class="bibl">Id.8.46</span>; ἀ. τῆς δόξης <span class="bibl">Id.2.42</span>; ἡ ἀ. τῆς Σπάρτης, τῶν νέων Demad.12; <b class="b3">ἀ. νούσου</b> [[crisis]] of disease, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Acut.</span>38</span>:—generally, [[strength]], [[vigour]], ἐν χερὸς ἀκμᾷ <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>2.63</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>1060</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. ποδῶν</b> [[swiftness]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>8(7).41</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>370</span>; φρενῶν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>3.39</span>; <b class="b3">συμπεσεῖν ἀκμᾷ βαρύς</b> cj. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).51</span>: periphr. like [[βία]], ἀκμὴ Θησειδᾶν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span> 1066</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Rhet., <b class="b3">ἀκμὴ λόγου</b> [[supreme effort]], [[culmination]], [[climax]], <span class="bibl">Hermog.<span class="title">Inv.</span>4.4</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Id.</span>1.10</span>; pl., ib.<span class="bibl">11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VS</span>1.25.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> of Time, like [[καιρός]], <b class="b2">the time</b>, i. e. <b class="b2">best, most futing time</b>, freq. in Trag., ἡνίκ' ἂν δὴ πρὸς γάμων ἥκητ' ἀκμάς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1492</span>; <b class="b3">ἔργων, λόγων, ἕδρας ἀκμή</b> [[time]] for doing, speaking, sitting still, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>22</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>12</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Aj.</span>811</span>: c. inf., κοὐκέτ' ἦν μέλλειν ἀ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>407</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ag.</span>1353</span>; ἀπηλλάχθαι δ' ἀ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1338</span>; σοὶ . . ἀ. φιλοσοφεῖν <span class="bibl">Isoc.1.3</span>; ὁ καιρὸς ἔστ' ἐπ' αὐτῆς τῆς ἀκμῆς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>256</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἀκμῆς εἶναι</b>, c. inf., to be on [[point]] of doing, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span> 897</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς ἀκμὴν ἐλθὼν φίλοις</b> in [[the nick of time]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>532</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' αὐτὴν ἥκει τὴν ἀκμήν</b> it is come to <b class="b2">the critical time</b>, <span class="bibl">D.4.41</span>; <b class="b3">ἀκμὴν εἴληφεν</b> have reached a <b class="b2">critical moment</b>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.<span class="title">Ep.</span>1.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sol.</span>12</span>, <span class="bibl">15</span>, <span class="bibl">2.656f</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> [[eruption]] on face, <span class="bibl">Cass.<span class="title">Pr.</span>13</span>, <span class="bibl">Aët.7.110</span>, <span class="bibl">8.13</span> (f.l. [[ἀκνάς]], whence mod. [[acne]]). ἄκμη, v. [[ἄκμηνος]].</span>