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 [[battering ram]], <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., = [[six]] ([[6]]), <span class="title">Theol.Ar.</span>37. (Cf. Skt. áśman- `sling-stone', etc.)</span>