ἄκρος: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=[ἀκή I]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> at the [[furthest]] [[point]], and so [[either]] [[topmost]] = Lat. [[summus]], or [[outermost]] = Lat. [[extremus]]:<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[highest]], [[topmost]], ἐν ἄκρηι πόλει = ἐν ἀκροπόλει, Il.; [[μέλαν]] [[ὕδωρ]] [[ἄκρον]] at its [[surface]], Il., etc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[outermost]], [[ἄκρη]] [[χείρ]], ἄκροι πόδες, [[ἄκρος]] [[ὦμος]] the end of the [[hand]], ends of the feet, tip of the [[shoulder]], Il., Thuc.; ἐπ' [[ἄκρων]] [δακτύλων] on tiptoe, Soph.; ἄκροισι λαίφους κρασπέδοις with the [[outermost]] edges of the [[sail]], i. e. under [[close]]-reefed sails, Eur.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> of [[Time]], it denotes completeness, ἄκραι σὺν ἑσπέραι [[when]] eve was [[fully]] [[come]], Pind.; ἄκρας νυκτός at [[dead]] of [[night]], Soph.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> of Degree, the [[highest]] in its [[kind]], [[exceeding]] [[good]], [[consummate]], [[excellent]]: of persons, Hdt., etc.; [[ἄκρος]] [[μάντις]] Soph.:—often with an acc. modi added, ψυχὴν οὐκ [[ἄκρος]] not [[strong]] in [[mind]], Hdt.; ἄκροι τὰ πολέμια, [[skilful]] in war, Hdt., etc.; also c. gen. modi, οἱ ἄκροι τῆς ποιήσεως Plat.; also, [[ἄκρος]] εἰς or [[περί]] τι Plat.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> as [[substantive]], v. [[ἄκρα]], [[ἄκρον]].<br /><b class="num">V.</b> neut. as adv. on the top or [[surface]], [[just]], [[ἄκρον]] ἐπὶ ῥηγμῖνος on the [[very]] [[edge]] of the [[surf]], il.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[exceedingly]], Theocr.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> [[utterly]], [[completely]], Plat.