ἄκρος

ἄκρος, α, ον, (on the Root

A v. ἀκή A) at the farthest point or end, hence either topmost, outermost, or inmost.

1 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 o mountain tops, S.OT1106: [comp] Sup.

ἀκρότατος, ὔσδος Sapph.93.2

; ὀρόφοισι Orac. ap. Hdt.7.140.

2 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; esp. of extremities of body, ἄ. χείρ, πόδες, ὦμος, end of hand, ends of feet, tip of shoulder, Il.5.336, 16.640, 17.599;

ἄκρων χειρῶν καὶ ποδῶν Hdt.1.119

, cf. Th.2.49, Pl.La. 183b, Ti.76e; but τὸ ἄ. τῆς χειρός, τοῦ ποδός, thumb, great toe, LXX Ex.29.20, Le.18.22;

γλῶσσαν ἄκραν S.Aj. 238

; πίτυν ἄκρας τῆς κόμης καθέλκων by the top of the crown, Cratin. 296:—ἐπ' ἄκρων [δακτύλων] on tiptoe, S.Aj. 1230, ubi v. Sch.; comically, ἐπ' ἄκρων πυγιδίων on tip-tail, Ar.Ach.638;

ἐν ἄκροισι βὰς ποσί E.Ion1166

;

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 in mostheart, A.Ag.805, cf. E.Hec. 242; ἄκροισι λαίφους κρασπέδοις with mere edges of sail, i.e. under close-reejed sails, Id.Med.524, cf. Ar.Ra.999.

b Geom., of the extremity of a line,

ἡ ἐπ' ἄκραν τὴν ἀποληφθεῖσαν ἀγομένη Apollon.

Perg.Con. 4.8: Math., of extremes in a proportion, Pl.Ti.36a, etc.; εἰς ἄκρον καὶ μέσον λόγον τέμνειν cut in extremeand mean ratio, Euc.6.30, cf.5 Def.17.

c in Tactics, ἄκροι, οἱ, flank men, Ascl.Tact.1.3, cf. 7.6.

3 inmost,

μυελός E.Hipp. 255

.

II 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, IPE12.352.29 (Cherson., ii B. C.); but usu. denoting completeness, ἄκρου τοῦ θέρεος at mid-summer, Hp.Aph.3.18;

χειμῶνος ἄκρω Theoc. 11.37

; ἄκρας νυκτός at dead of night, S.Aj.285.

III of Degree, highest in its kind, consummate,

1 of persons, 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 Pl.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.EN1107b31

; αἱ ἄ. [διαθέσεις] ib.1108b14, cf.

ἄκρον 11.1

:—c. acc. modi, ψυχὴν οὐκ ἄ. not strong of mind, Hdt.5.124;

ἄ. τὰ πολέμια 7.111

; ἄ. ὀργήν quick to anger, passionate, 1.73;

Εὐρώπη ἀρετὴν ἄκρη 7.5

: c.gen.,

οἱ ἄ. τῆς ποιήσεως Pl.Tht.152e

;

ἄ. εἰς φιλοσοφίαν R.499c

;

περὶ ὁπλομαχίαν Lg.833e

.

2 of things, highest, extreme,

συμφορά Alex. 222.4

(cj. Dobree);

νηστεία Diph.54

: [comp] Sup., Pl.Phlb.45a.

IV as Subst., v. ἄκρα, ἄκρον.

V neut. as Adv., on the top or surface,

ἄκρον ἐπὶ ῥηγμῖνος Il.20.229

;

ἄκρα δ' ἐπ' αὐτᾶς βαθμῖδος AP7.428.3

(Mel.).

2 reg. Adv. ἄκρως, ἀνεστάλθαι to be turned up at the point, Hp.Mochl.24.

b utterly, perfectly, Pl.R.543a, Hegesand. 4;

μόνος ἄκρως Euphro 1.5

; σχῆμα ἄ. στρογγύλον absolutely round, Hero *Deff.76.

c skilfully, Phld.Lib.p.27 O.