extremity

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

the extremity of: use P. and V. adj ἔσχατος, ἄκρος in agreement with subs., e. g., the extremity of the line: P. and V. τάξις ἐσχάτη; see verge.

the extremities of the feel: P. πόδες ἄκροι, V. ποδοῖν ἀκμαί.

the extremity of the island: P. τῆς νήσου τὰ ἔσχατα (Thuc. 4, 30).

stump left in cutting: P. and V. τομή, ἡ.

the extremities, furthest points: P. and V. τὰ ἔσχατα.

the extremities of the body: P. ἀκρωτήρια, τά (Thuc. 2, 49).

Met., extravagance, excess: P. and V. ὑπερβολή, ἡ; see also pitch.

extreme point: P. and V. τὸ ἔσχατον.

you are come to the extremity of sorrow: V. ἥκεις συμφορᾶς πρὸς τοὔσχατον (Euripides, Orestes 447).

go to extremities: see go to extremes, under extreme.

to the last extremity: P. εἰς τὸ ἔσχατον, V. εἰς τοὔσχατον.