ἄκμων: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ονος, ὁ, orig. prob. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[meteoric stone]], [[thunderbolt]] (v. sub fin.), χάλκεος ἄ. οὐρανόθεν κατιών <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>722</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">724</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[anvil]], <span class="bibl">Il.18.476</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.8.274</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.68</span>: metaph., πρὸς ἄκμονι χάλκευε γλῶσσαν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.86</span>; <b class="b3">λόγχης ἄκμονες</b> [[very anvils]] to bear blows (cf. Sch. ad loc.), <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>51</span>; ὑπομένειν πληγὰς ἄκμων <span class="bibl">Aristopho 4</span>; <b class="b3">Τιρύνθιος ἄ</b>., i. e. Hercules, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Dian.</span>146</span> (expl. by Sch. <b class="b3">ὁ μὴ καμὼν ἐπὶ τοῖς ἄθλοις</b>). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[pestle]] (Cyprian), Hsch. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[head]] of a batteringram, <span class="bibl">Apollod.<span class="title">Poliorc.</span>161.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> kind of [[eagle]], Hsch. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> kind of [[wolf]], <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>3.326</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> Pythag., = <span class="bibl">6</span>, <span class="title">Theol.Ar.</span>37. (Cf. Skt.[[áś]]<b class="b2">man-</b> `sling-stone', etc.)</span>

|etymtx=-ονος<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[anvil]] (Il.), also [[meteoric stone]] (Hes. Th. 722), = <b class="b3">οὑρανός η σίδηρον</b> H., = [[ἀλετρίβανος]] (pestle), [[Κύπριοι]] H.<br />Compounds: <b class="b3">ἀκμό-θε-τον</b> n. (Hom.) [[basis of an anvil]], with the root of [[τίθημι]].<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [19] <b class="b2">*h₂eḱmon</b> [[stone]]<br />Etymology: Old word for [[stone]], found in several languages: Skt. <b class="b2">áśman-</b> m. <b class="b2">stone, heaven(?)</b> (a stone vault?, Reichelt IF 32, 23ff., Fraenkel KZ 63, 183f., cf. [[ἄκμων]] [[meteoric stone]] and [[heaven]]); Av. <b class="b2">asman-</b> [[stone]], [[heaven]], OP. <b class="b2">asman-</b> [[heaven]]; Lith. <b class="b2">akmuõ</b>, <b class="b2">-eñs</b> [[stone]] (with regular depalatalization before [[m]]; <b class="b2">ãšmens</b> [[sharp side]], [[edge]] with <b class="b2">aš-</b> from other positions). - The relation of these words to OCS [[kamy]], <b class="b2">-ene</b> [[stone]] and the Germanic group ON [[hamarr]] [[hammer]] (orig. of stone) is much discussed. One supposes the root <b class="b2">aḱ-</b> [[sharp]] in [[ἀκή]] etc. On these questions see the lit. in Mayrh. EWAia 1.137, e.g. Maher, JIES 1 (1973) 441ff. and EIEC 547.