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ἄκρον

akron

highest

Appears 29 times across Plato's dialogues.

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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, Hdt. 6.100, Pl. Criti. 110e, etc. b. ἄκρα νάων ships’ tops, Alc. Supp. 12.9. 2. headland, cape, Σούνιον ἄκρον Ἀθηνέων Od. 3.278. 3. end, extremity, τὰ ἄ. τῆς θαλάσσης, [τοῦἀέρος], Pl. Phd. 109d, 109e; ἄκρα χειρῶν hands, Luc. Im. 6; ἐξ ἄκρων at the end, Ar. Fr. 29; ἐξ ἄκρου Com.Adesp. 398; ἐπʼ ἄκροις Pl. Sph. 220d:—border, frontier, Plb. 1.42.2. II. metaph., highest pitch, height, πανδοξίας ἄκρον Pi. N. 1.11; εἰς ἄκρον ἀνδρείας ἱκέσθαι to highest pitch, Simon. 58; εἰς ἄκρον ἁδύς exceedingly, Theoc. 14.61; ἐπʼ ἄκρον ἀφικέσθαι, ἐλθεῖν, Pl. Plt. 268e, Ti. 20a; πρὸς ἄκρῳ γενέσθαι Id. Phdr. 247b; ἄκρον ἔχων σοφίης Epigr.Gr. 442 (Nabataea); ἄκρον ἐρώτων εἰδότος, ἄκρα μάχας AP 7.448 (Leon.):—ἄκρα, τά, heights, highest point, οὔτοι ποθʼ ἥξει (sic) τῶν ἄκρων ἄνευ πόνου S. Fr. 397; ἄκρα φέρεσθαι win prize, Theoc. 12.31; ἄκρα φέρουσʼ ἀρετῆς ὑμῖν Epigr.Gr. 224.2 (Samos). 2. of persons, Ἄργεος ἄκρα Πελασγοί pride of Argos, Theoc. 15.142. III. δρυὸς ἄκρα, = ἀκρόδρυα, ib.112. IV. in Logic of Arist. τὰ ἄκρα are major and minor terms of syllogism, opp. to μέσον or middle, APr. 25b36, al. V. extremes in a proportion, Id. EN 1133b2.
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