ἀκτή

ἀκτή (A), ἡ,

A headland, foreland, promontory,

ἀ. προὔχουσα Od.24.82

;

ἀ. προβλῆτες 5.405

, 10.89; opp. λιμήν, Il.12.284; often with epithets, denoting high rugged coast, τρηχεῖα, ὑψηλή, Od.5.425, Il.2.395;

τρηχέα Hdt.7.33

;

στυφλοί A.Pers.303

;

ἀμφίκλυστος S.Tr.752

;

στόνῳ βρέμουσι δ' ἀντιπλῆγες ἀκταί Id.Ant.592

:—usu. of sea-coast, χλωρὰ ἀ. ib.1132;

ἀκταὶ ἔναλοι Tim.Pers.109

; but also of rugged banks or strand of rivers, Ἑλώρου, Νείλου, Pi.N.9.40, I.2.42;

Σιμόεντος A.Ag.697

;

Ἀχέροντος S.Ant.813

.—Rare in early Prose, X.An. 6.2.1, Lycurg.17.

2 generally, tract of land running out into the sea, ἀ. διφάσιαι of the north and south coasts of Asia Minor, Hdt.4.38; of Africa, as jatting out from Asia, 4.41, cf. 177; of Cape Sepias, 7.183, al.; of Mt.Athos, Th.4.109; ofltaly, Arist.Pol.1329b11; of the peninsula of the Piraeus, Hyp.Fr.185, Arist.Ath.42.3, Lycurg. 17 (also of Attica in general, E.Hel.1673, cf. Str.9.1.3); of the coast of Argolis, Plb.5.91.8, D.S.12.43: pl.,

ἀκτὰς τῆσδε γῆς S.Fr. 24

.

II generally, edge, χώματος ἀ. of a sepulchral mound, A. Ch.722; βώμιος ἀ. of an altar, S.OT182(lyr.). (As there is no trace of ϝ, the word is more probably connected with [root ] ak 'pointed' than with ϝάγ-νυμι.)

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ἀκτή (B), ἡ, poet. word for

A corn,

Δημήτερος ἀκτή Il.13.322

, 21.76, cf.E.Hipp.138 (lyr.), Epin.1.9;

μυληφάτου ἀλφίτου ἀ. Od.2.355

, cf. 14.429, Il.11.631:—in Hes. of corn generally, ὡσεὶ Δημήτερος ἀ., of standing crop, Sc.290, of unthreshed corn, Op.597,805; of seed,

οὐ σπόρον ὁλκοῖσιν Δηοῦς ἐνιβάλλομαι ἀ. A.R.3.413

. (The connexion with ἄγνυμι is doubtful.)