ἄκρον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=-ου, τό, (neut. of [[ἄκρος]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> like [[ἄκρα]], [[highest point]] or [[farthest point]]:<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[mountain top]], [[peak]], Γάργαρον ἄκρον Ἴδης Il.14.292; ἄκρον ὑπερβαλέειν Od.11.597; [[τὰ ἄκρα]] = [[heights]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.100, Pl.''Criti.'' 110e, etc.<br><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">ἄκρα νάων</b> [[ship]]s' [[top]]s, Alc.''Supp.''12.9.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[headland]], [[cape]], [[Σούνιον]] ἄκρον Ἀθηνέων Od.3.278.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[end]], [[extremity]], <b class="b3">τὰ ἄκρα τῆς θαλάσσης, [τοῦ ἀέρος]</b>, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 109d, 109e; [[ἄκρα χειρῶν]] = [[hand]]s, Luc. ''Im.''6; [[ἐξ ἄκρων]] = [[at the end]], Ar.''Fr.''29; ἐξ ἄκρου ''Com.Adesp.''398; ἐπ' ἄκροις Pl.''Sph.''220d:—[[border]], [[frontier]], Plb.1.42.2.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[highest pitch]], [[height]], [[πανδοξία]]ς ἄκρον Pi.''N.''1.11; <b class="b3">εἰς ἄκρον ἀνδρείας ἱκέσθαι</b> to [[highest pitch]], Simon.58; <b class="b3">εἰς ἄκρον ἁδύς</b> [[exceedingly]], Theoc. 14.61; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἄκρον ἀφικέσθαι, ἐλθεῖν</b>, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Politicus|Plt.]]'' 268e, ''Ti.''20a; πρὸς ἄκρῳ γενέσθαι Id.''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''247b; ἄκρον ἔχων σοφίης ''Epigr.Gr.''442 (Nabataea); ἄκρον ἐρώτων εἰδότος, ἄκρα μάχας ''AP''7.448 (Leon.):—[[ἄκρα]], τά, [[heights]], [[highest point]], <b class="b3">οὔτοι ποθ' ἥξει</b> (sic) τῶν ἄκρων ἄνευ πόνου S.''Fr.''397; [[ἄκρα φέρεσθαι]] = [[win]] [[prize]], Theoc.12.31; ἄκρα φέρουσ' ἀρετῆς ὑμῖν ''Epigr.Gr.'' 224.2 (Samos).<br><span class="bld">2</span> of persons, <b class="b3">Ἄργεος ἄκρα Πελασγοί</b> [[pride]] of [[Argos]], Theoc.15.142.<br><span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">δρυὸς ἄκρα</b>, = [[ἀκρόδρυα]], ib.112.<br><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]], ''APr.''25b36, al.<br><span class="bld">V</span> [[extreme]]s in a [[proportion]], Id.''EN''1133b2.