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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> ἄκρα, ἄκρον, (on the Root v. [[ἀκή]] A) [[at the farthest point]] or [[at the farthest end]], hence either [[topmost]], [[outermost]], or [[inmost]].<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[highest]], [[topmost]], ἀκροτάτῃ κορυφῇ Il.1.499, al.; [[ἐν πόλει ἄκρῃ]], = [[ἐν ἀκροπόλει]], Il.6.88, cf. 257; ἄκρῳ Ὀλύμπῳ 13.523; ἀνὰ Γαργάρῳ ἄκρῳ 14.352; λάψοντες . . μέλαν ὕδωρ [[ἄκρον]] = [[at its surface]], 16.162; [[ἄκρον ῥινόν]] = [[surface of skin]], Od.22.278; [[ἐπ' ἄκρων ὀρέων]] = [[on mountain tops]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''1106: Sup. ἀκρότατος, ὔσδος Sapph.93.2; [[ὀρόφοισι]] Orac. ap. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.140.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[outermost]], [[πεδίον ἐπ' ἄκρον]] = [[to the farthest edge of the plain]], S.''Ant.'' 1197; [[κατ' ἄκρας σπιλάδος]] from the [[surface]] of a stone, Id.''Tr.''678; especially of [[extremities]] of body, [[ἄκρα χείρ]], [[ἄκροι πόδες]], [[ἄκρος ὦμος]], [[end]] of [[hand]], [[ends]] of [[feet]], [[tip]] of [[shoulder]], Il.5.336, 16.640, 17.599; ἄκρων χειρῶν καὶ ποδῶν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.119, cf. Th.2.49, Pl.''La.'' 183b, ''Ti.''76e; but [[τὸ ἄκρον τῆς χειρός]] = [[thumb]], [[τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ ποδός]] = [[great toe]], [[LXX]] ''Ex.''29.20, ''Le.''18.22; γλῶσσαν ἄκραν [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]'' 238; [[πίτυν ἄκρας τῆς κόμης καθέλκων]] = [[by the top of the crown]], Cratin. 296:—[[ἐπ' ἄκρων]], [[ἐπ' ἄκρων δακτύλων]] = [[on tiptoe]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]'' 1230, ubi v. Sch.; comically, [[ἐπ' ἄκρων πυγιδίων]] = [[on tip-tail]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''638; ἐν ἄκροισι βὰς ποσί [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Ion]]'' 1166; παρ' ἄκρας τρίχας ''Or.'' 128; ἀκροτάτοις χείλεσι ''Epigr.Gr.'' 547.8:—[[οὐκ ἀπ' ἄκρας φρενός]] = [[not from the outside of the heart]], i.e. [[from the inmost heart]], A.''Ag.''805, cf. E.''Hec.'' 242; [[ἄκροισι λαίφους κρασπέδοις]] = [[with mere edges of sail]], i.e. [[under close-reefed sails]], Id.''Med.''524, cf. Ar.''Ra.''999.<br><span class="bld">b</span> Geom., of the [[extremity]] of a [[line]], ἡ ἐπ' ἄκραν τὴν ἀποληφθεῖσαν ἀγομένη Apollon. Perg.''Con.'' 4.8: Math., of [[extreme]]s in a [[proportion]], Pl.''Ti.''36a, etc.; [[εἰς ἄκρον καὶ μέσον λόγον τέμνειν]] = [[cut in extreme and mean ratio]], Euc.6.30, cf.5 ''Def.''17.<br><span class="bld">c</span> in Tactics, [[ἄκροι]], οἱ, [[flank men]], Ascl.''Tact.''1.3, cf. 7.6.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[inmost]], μυελός E.''Hipp.'' 255.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of [[time]], [[ἄκρᾳ σὺν ἑσπέρᾳ]] = on the [[edge]] of [[evening]]. i.e. [[at nightfall]], Pi.''P.'' 11.10, cf. [[ἄκρῃ]] νυκτί Arat.775; [[ἄκρου τοῦ ἔαρος]] at [[beginning]] of spring, ''IPE''12.352.29 (Cherson., ii B. C.); but usually denoting completeness, [[ἄκρου τοῦ θέρεος]] at [[mid]]-[[summer]], Hp.''Aph.''3.18; χειμῶνος ἄκρω Theoc. 11.37; [[ἄκρας νυκτός]] at [[dead]] of [[night]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''285.<br><span class="bld">III</span> of Degree, [[highest]] in its kind, [[consummate]],<br><span class="bld">1</span> of persons, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 5.112, 6.122; [[τοξότης]] ἄ. A.''Ag.''628; θεσφάτων γνώμων ἄ. ib.1130; μάντις S.''El.''1499; ἰατροί Phld.''Lib.''p.67 O.; οἱ πάντῃ ἄ., οἱ ἀκρότατοι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''148c; of any extremes, opp. τὰ μεταξύ, τοῖς ἄ. τὰ ἄ. ἀποδιδόναι Id.''R.''478e, cf. ''Phd.''90a; of classes in a [[state]], Arist.''Pol.''1296b39: in moral sense, both good and bad, ἐπιδικάζονται οἱ ἄ. τῆς μέσης χώρας Id.''EN''1107b31; αἱ ἄ. [διαθέσεις] ib.1108b14, cf. [[ἄκρον]] II.1:—c. acc. modi, ψυχὴν οὐκ ἄ. not [[strong]] of [[mind]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.124; ἄ. τὰ πολέμια 7.111; ἄ. [[ὀργή]]ν = [[quick]] to [[anger]], [[passionate]], 1.73; Εὐρώπη ἀρετὴν ἄκρη 7.5: c.gen., οἱ ἄ. τῆς ποιήσεως [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''152e; ἄ. εἰς [[φιλοσοφία]]ν ''R.''499c; περὶ [[ὁπλομαχία]]ν ''Lg.''833e.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of things, [[highest]], [[extreme]], [[συμφορά]] Alex. 222.4 (cj. Dobree); [[νηστεία]] Diph.54: Sup., Pl.''Phlb.''45a.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> as [[substantive]], v. [[ἄκρα]], [[ἄκρον]].<br><span class="bld">V</span> neut. as adverb, [[on the top]] or [[on the surface]], ἄκρον ἐπὶ ῥηγμῖνος Il.20.229; ἄκρα δ' ἐπ' αὐτᾶς βαθμῖδος ''AP''7.428.3 (Mel.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> reg. Adv. [[ἄκρως]], [[ἀνεστάλθαι]] to be [[turn]]ed up at the [[point]], Hp.''Mochl.''24.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[utterly]], [[perfectly]], Pl.''R.''543a, Hegesand. 4; μόνος ἄκρως Euphro 1.5; [[σχῆμα]] ἄ. στρογγύλον = [[absolutely]] [[round]], Hero *Deff.76.<br><span class="bld">c</span> [[skilfully]], Phld.''Lib.''p.27 O.