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ἄκρος
ἄκρος
Ancient Greek
- (4th AD Koine) IPA(key): /ákros/
- (10th AD Byzantine) IPA(key): /ákros/
- (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ákɾos/
Adjective
ἄκρος • (ákros) m (feminine ἄκρα, neuter ἄκρον); first/second declension
- At the edge, extreme, beginning, end: outermost (especially of the top)
- pointed, sharp
- Being the most of any characteristic: best, oldest, first
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Nominative | ἄκρος | ἄκρᾱ | ἄκρον | ἄκρω | ἄκρᾱ | ἄκρω | ἄκροι | ἄκραι | ἄκρᾰ | |||
| Genitive | ἄκρου | ἄκρᾱς | ἄκρου | ἄκροιν | ἄκραιν | ἄκροιν | ἄκρων | ἄκρων | ἄκρων | |||
| Dative | ἄκρῳ | ἄκρᾳ | ἄκρῳ | ἄκροιν | ἄκραιν | ἄκροιν | ἄκροις | ἄκραις | ἄκροις | |||
| Accusative | ἄκρον | ἄκρᾱν | ἄκρον | ἄκρω | ἄκρᾱ | ἄκρω | ἄκρους | ἄκρᾱς | ἄκρᾰ | |||
| Vocative | ἄκρε | ἄκρᾱ | ἄκρον | ἄκρω | ἄκρᾱ | ἄκρω | ἄκροι | ἄκραι | ἄκρᾰ | |||
Related terms
- ἀκή (akḗ)
References
- ἄκρος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄκρος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄκρος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- «ἄκρος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- «ἄκρος» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- «ἄκρος» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
- ἄκρος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- «ἄκρος» in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th-12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- brim idem, page 98.
- champion idem, page 123.
- consummate idem, page 166.
- edge idem, page 261.
- extreme idem, page 298.
- extremity idem, page 298.
- finished idem, page 321.
- good idem, page 366.
- inmost idem, page 442.
- lip idem, page 494.
- master idem, page 516.
- masterly idem, page 516.
- matchless idem, page 517.
- pastmaster (in) idem, page 598.
- rim idem, page 715.
- skilful idem, page 780.
- supreme idem, page 842.
- tip idem, page 877.
- top idem, page 881.
- topmost idem, page 881.
- uppermost idem, page 938.
- verge idem, page 948.