ἄκρον, ου, τό, (
neuter of ἄκρος) like{ἄκρα},
highest or
farthest point:
1)
mountain top, peak, Γάργαρον ἄκρον Ἴδης[
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὰ ἄκρα
heights, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
1.b) ἄκρα νάων ships'
tops, [
Refs 7th c.BC+]
2)
headland, cape, Σούνιον ἄκρον Ἀθηνέων[
Refs 8th c.BC+]
3)
end, extremity, τὰ ἄ. τῆς θαλάσσης, [τοῦἀέρος], [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄκρα χειρῶν
hands, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐξ ἄκρων at
the end, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
border, frontier, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II)
metaphorically,
highest pitch, height, πανδοξίας ἄκρον[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ἄκρον ἀνδρείας ἱκέσθαι to
highest pitch, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; εἰς ἄκρον ἁδύς
exceedingly, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ἄκρον ἀφικέσθαι, ἐλθεῖν, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄκρον ἐρώτων εἰδότος, ἄκρα μάχας[
Refs 1st c.AD+] —ἄκρα, τά,
heights, highest point, οὔτοι ποθ᾽ ἥξει (sic) τῶν ἄκρων ἄνευ πόνου[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄκρα φέρεσθαι win
prize, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II.2) of persons, Ἄργεος ἄκρα Πελασγοί
pride of Argos, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
III) δρυὸς ἄκρα, ={ἀκρόδρυα}, [
Refs]
IV) in Logic of [
Refs 4th c.BC+] are
major and minor terms of syllogism, opposed to to μέσον or middle, [
Refs]
V)
extremes in a proportion, [
Refs]