ἀκμή
akmēUnknownG6190
at this moment
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1.a point, edge : proverbial, *ἐπὶ ξυροῦ ἀκμῆς *on the rasor's edge (see. ξυρόν); *ἀμφιδέξιοι ἀκμαί *the fingers of both hands, (Sophocles Tragicus); *ποδοῖν ἀκμαί *the toes, (Sophocles Tragicus)
2.the highest point of anything, the bloom, flower, prime, of man's age, Lat. flos aetatis, *ἀκμὴ ἥβης *(Sophocles Tragicus); *ἀκμὴ βίου *(Xenophon Historicus); *ἐν ἀκμῆι εἶναι *= ἀκμάζειν, (Plato Philosophus); ἀκμὴν ἔχειν, of corn, to be ripe, (Thucydides); also of time, ἀ. *ἦρος *the spring- prime, (Pindar); ἀ. *θέρους *mid -summer, (Xenophon Historicus); ἀ. *τῆς δόξης *(Thucydides); periphrastic like βία, *ἀκμὴ Θησειδᾶν *(Sophocles Tragicus)
3.like καιρός, the best, most fitting time, [variant datesTragica Adespota; ἔργων, *λόγων ἀκμή *the time for doing, speaking, (Sophocles Tragicus); ἀκμή ἐστι, with infinitive, 'tis high time to do, (Aeschulus Tragicus); ἐπ᾽ ἀκμῆς εἶναι, with infinitive, to be on the point of doing, (Euripides); *ἐπ᾽ αὐτὴν ἥκει τὴν ἀκμήν *'tis come to the critical time, (Demosthenes Orator)
4.ἀκμήν, accusative of ἀκμή, used as adverb, just, (Xenophon Historicus)
5.yet, still, (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus)
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