ἀκτή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[headland]], [[foreland]], [[promontory]], ἀκτὴ προὔχουσα Od.24.82; ἀκταὶ προβλῆτες 5.405, 10.89; opp. [[λιμήν]], Il.12.284; often with epithets, denoting high rugged coast, [[τρηχεῖα]], [[ὑψηλή]], Od.5.425, Il.2.395; τρηχέα Hdt.7.33; στυφλοί A.''Pers.''303; [[ἀμφίκλυστος]] S.''Tr.''752; στόνῳ βρέμουσι δ' ἀντιπλῆγες ἀκταί Id.''Ant.''592:—usu. of [[sea]]-[[coast]], <b class="b3">χλωρὰ ἀκτή</b> ib.1132; ἀκταὶ ἔναλοι Tim.''Pers.''109; but also of [[rugged]] [[bank]]s or [[strand]] of [[river]]s, [[Ἑλώρου]], [[Νείλος|Νείλου]], Pi.''N.''9.40, ''I.''2.42; Σιμόεντος A.''Ag.''697; [[Ἀχέρων|Ἀχέροντος]] S.''Ant.''813.—Rare in early Prose, X.''An.'' 6.2.1, Lycurg.17.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[tract]] of [[land]] running out into the [[sea]], <b class="b3">ἀκταὶ διφάσιαι</b> of the north and south coasts of [[Asia Minor]], Hdt.4.38; of [[Africa]], as jutting out from [[Asia]], 4.41, cf. 177; of Cape Sepias, 7.183, al.; of [[Mt. Athos]], Th.4.109; of [[Italy]], Arist.''Pol.''1329b11; of the [[peninsula]] of the [[Piraeus]], Hyp.''Fr.''185, Arist.''Ath.''42.3, Lycurg. 17 (also of Attica in general, E.''Hel.''1673, cf. Str.9.1.3); of the [[coast]] of [[Argolis]], Plb.5.91.8, D.S.12.43: pl., ἀκτὰς τῆσδε γῆς S.''Fr.'' 24.<br><span class="bld">II</span> generally, [[edge]], <b class="b3">χώματος ἀκτή</b> of a [[sepulchral]] [[mound]], A. ''Ch.''722; [[βώμιος]] [[ἀκτή]] of an [[altar]], S.''OT''182(lyr.). (As there is no trace of ϝ, the word is more probably connected with [root ] ak '[[pointed]]' than with [[ϝάγνυμι]].) <br /><br />(B), ἡ, poet. word for [[corn]], [[Δημήτερος ἀκτή]] Il.13.322, 21.76, cf.E.''Hipp.''138 (lyr.), Epin.1.9; μυληφάτου [[ἀλφίτου ἀκτή]] Od.2.355, cf. 14.429, Il.11.631:—in Hes. of [[corn]] generally, <b class="b3">ὡσεὶ Δημήτερος ἀκτή</b>, of standing [[crop]], ''Sc.''290, of [[unthreshed]] [[corn]], ''Op.''597,805; of [[seed]], οὐ σπόρον ὁλκοῖσιν Δηοῦς ἐνιβάλλομαι ἀ. A.R.3.413. (The connection with [[ἄγνυμι]] is doubtful.)