- ἀκμαῖος
- ἀκμ-αῖος, α, ον, [dialect] Aeol. [full] ἄκμαος Jo. Gramm.Comp.2.14;A in full bloom, at prime, vigorous,
πῶλοι A.Eu.405
;ἥβη Id.Th.11
; ἀκμαῖος φύσιν in the prime of strength, Id.Pers.441;ἀ. τὸν ὀργήν Luc.Tim.3
;κάλλει ἀκμαία Epigr.Gr.127
;τὸ ἀκμαιότατον D.H.5.22
; ἀκμαίων λέσχη at Chalcis, Plu.2.298d:—ἀ. πρὸς ἔρωτα AP7.221
, cf. Luc.DDeor.8.2, Ael.NA15.10. Adv.ἀκμαίως, ἔχειν κατὰ τὴν ἡλικίαν Plb.31.29.7
: [comp] Comp. -ότερον more vigorously, Gal.4.525:—of things, at the height, ὁ ἀκμαιότατος καιρὸς τῆς ἡμέρας, i. e. noon, Plb.3.102.1;τὸ ἀ. τοῦ χειμῶνος Arr.An.4.7.1
, etc.2 Rhet., belonging to the supreme effort, culmination of oratory, ἔννοιαι, λόγος, Hermog.Id.1.7, Inv.4.4: [comp] Comp., Id.1.10.II in time, in season,ἀ. καιρός PTeb.24.56
(ii B. C., [comp] Sup.); ἀ. ἡμέραι the seasonable days, Ath.5.180c, cf. AP10.2 (Antip.Sid.): neut. pl. as Adv.,ἀκμαἶ' ἂν μόλοι S.Aj.921
(cj.).
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