ἄκμων

akmon

meteoric stone, thunderbolt

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 2
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Book 15 1
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1519
Book 18 1
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18476
Odyssey 2
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Book 3 1
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3434
Book 8 1
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8274

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄκμων, ονος, ὁ, orig. prob.

meteoric stone, thunderbolt (v. sub fin.), χάλκεος ἄ. οὐρανόθεν κατιών Hes. Th. 722, cf. 724.

II. anvil, Il. 18.476, Od. 8.274, Hdt. 1.68: metaph., πρὸς ἄκμονι χάλκευε γλῶσσαν Pi. P. 1.86; λόγχης ἄκμονες very anvils to bear blows (cf. Sch. ad loc.), A. Pers. 51; ὑπομένειν πληγὰς ἄκμων Aristopho 4; Τιρύνθιος ἄ., i. e. Hercules, Call. Dian. 146 (expl. by Sch. ὁ μὴ καμὼν ἐπὶ τοῖς ἄθλοις).

2. pestle (Cyprian), Hsch.

3. head of a batteringram, Apollod. Poliorc. 161.4.

III. kind of eagle, Hsch.

IV. kind of wolf, Opp. C. 3.326.

V. Pythag., = 6, Theol.Ar. 37. (Cf. Skt. áśman ‘sling-stone’, etc.)

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