ἄκρα

akra

highest

Appears 15 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 3
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Book X 1
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909b6
Book XI 1
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918c10
Book XII 1
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964e2
Phaedo 3
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109d1
109e2
90a8
Republic 3
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363b1
Book V 1
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478e4
Book X 1
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616c1
Critias 2
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111a5
114b2
Phaedrus 2
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264c5
247a8
Protagoras 1
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352a4
Timaeus 1
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75d3

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄκρα, Ion. ἄκρη, ἡ, (fem. of ἄκρος) A. highest or farthest point: 1. headland, cape, Il. 4.425, 14.36, Od. 9.285, S. Tr. 788, Pl. Criti. 111a: metaph., ἄκρην πενίης οὐχ ὑπερεδράμομεν Thgn. 619, cf. A. Eu. 562; κάμπτειν Men. 4. 2. hill-top, height, Od. 8.508, Hymn.Is. 72 (pl.). 3. of a wave, crest, οὐ γὰρ ὑπερθεῖν κύματος ἄκραν δυνάμεσθα E. Fr. 230. 4. Hom. only in phrase κατʼ ἄκρης, νῦν ὤλετο πᾶσα κατʼ ἄκρης Ἴλιος αἰπεινή from top to bottom, i.e. utterly, Il. 13.772; κατʼ ἄ. Ἴλιον ἑλέειν 15.557, cf. 24.728, Hdt. 6.18, Th. 4.112; κατʼ ἄ. ἐξαιρεῖν Pl. Lg. 909b; γῆν πατρῴαν . . πρῆσαι κατʼ ἄ. utterly, S. Ant. 201: metaph., κατʼ ἄ. ὡς πορθούμεθα how utterly . .! A. Ch. 691, cf. S. OC 1242, E. IA 778; but ἔλασεν μέγα κῦμα κατʼ ἄ. from above, Od. 5.313. 5. citadel built on a steep rock overhanging a town (usu. ἀκρόπολις), X. An. 7.1.20, Hyp. Lyc.Fr. 3, Luc. Bis Acc. 13. 6. end, extremity, Arist. HA 512a6, 518a9: Math., of lines, Papp. 682.14; of the extremes in a proportion, Id. 70.6, Euc. 6.16, etc.

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