ἄκμων: Difference between revisions

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