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1 ἄκρος
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.OT 1106: [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; ;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.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; ;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.EN 1107b31
; 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; : 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.
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