ἄκρον
akron
highest
Appears 179 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἄκρον, ον, τό, (neut. of ἄκρος) A. like ἄκρα, highest or farthest point: 1. mountain top, peak, Γάργαρον ἄκρον Ἴδης Il. 14.292; ἄκρον ὑπερβαλέειν Od. 11.597; τὰ ἄκρα heights, 6.100, Criti. 110e, etc. b. ἄκρα νάων ships’ tops, Supp. 12.9. 2. headland, cape, Σούνιον ἄκρον Ἀθηνέων Od. 3.278. 3. end, extremity, τὰ ἄ. τῆς θαλάσσης, [τοῦἀέρος], Phd. 109d, 109e; ἄκρα χειρῶν hands, Im. 6; ἐξ ἄκρων at the end, Fr. 29; ἐξ ἄκρου Com.Adesp. 398; ἐπʼ ἄκροις Sph. 220d:—border, frontier, 1.42.2. II. metaph., highest pitch, height, πανδοξίας ἄκρον N. 1.11; εἰς ἄκρον ἀνδρείας ἱκέσθαι to highest pitch, 58; εἰς ἄκρον ἁδύς exceedingly, 14.61; ἐπʼ ἄκρον ἀφικέσθαι, ἐλθεῖν, Plt. 268e, Ti. 20a; πρὸς ἄκρῳ γενέσθαι Phdr. 247b; ἄκρον ἔχων σοφίης Epigr.Gr. 442 (Nabataea); ἄκρον ἐρώτων εἰδότος, ἄκρα μάχας AP 7.448 ():—ἄκρα, τά, heights, highest point, οὔτοι ποθʼ ἥξει (sic) τῶν ἄκρων ἄνευ πόνου Fr. 397; ἄκρα φέρεσθαι win prize, 12.31; ἄκρα φέρουσʼ ἀρετῆς ὑμῖν Epigr.Gr. 224.2 (Samos). 2. of persons, Ἄργεος ἄκρα Πελασγοί pride of Argos, 15.142. III. δρυὸς ἄκρα, = ἀκρόδρυα, ib.112. IV. in Logic of τὰ ἄκρα are major and minor terms of syllogism, opp. to μέσον or middle, APr. 25b36, al. V. extremes in a proportion, EN 1133b2.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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