ἄκρον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ου, τό, (neut. of [[ἄκρος]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> like [[ἄκρα]], [[highest point]] or [[farthest point]]: </span><span class="sense"><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"><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">ἄκρα νάων</b> [[ship]]s' [[top]]s, Alc.<span class="title">Supp.</span>12.9. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[headland]], [[cape]], Σούνιον ἄκρον Ἀθηνέων <span class="bibl">Od.3.278</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[end]], [[extremity]], <b class="b3">τὰ ἄκρα τῆς θαλάσσης, [τοῦ ἀέρος</b>], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span> 109d</span>, <span class="bibl">109e</span>; [[ἄκρα χειρῶν]] = [[hand]]s, <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Im.</span>6</span>; [[ἐξ ἄκρων]] = [[at the end]], <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"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[highest pitch]], [[height]], [[πανδοξία]]ς ἄκρον <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>1.11</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς ἄκρον ἀνδρείας ἱκέσθαι</b> to [[highest pitch]], <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.):—[[ἄκρα]], τά, [[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"><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"><span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">δρυὸς ἄκρα</b>, = [[ἀκρόδρυα]], ib.<span class="bibl">112</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> in Logic of Arist. <b class="b3">τὰ ἄκρα</b> are [[major and minor terms]] of [[syllogism]], opp. to [[μέσον]] or [[middle]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">APr.</span>25b36</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> [[extremes]] in a proportion, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">EN</span>1133b2</span>.</span>