ἄκρον, ον, τό,
(neut. of ἄκρος) like cross ἄκρα, highest or farthest point:
I
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. 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; ἐπ’ ἄκροις Pl. Sph. 220d: - border, frontier, Plb. 1.42.2.
II metaph.,
1. 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; ἐπ’ 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 ποθ’ ἥξει (sic) τῶν ἄκρων ἄνευ πόνου S. Fr. 397; ἄκρα φέρεσθαι win prize, Theoc. 12.31; ἄκρα φέρουσ’ ἀρετῆς ὑμῖν Epigr.Gr. 224.2 (Samos).
2. of persons, Ἄργεος ἄκρα Πελασγοί pride of Argos, Theoc. 15.142.
III δρυὸς ἄκρα, = cross ἀκρόδρυα, ib. 112. in Logic of Arist. τὰ ἄκρα are major and minor terms of syllogism, opp. to μέσον or middle, APr. 25b36, al. extremes in a proportion, Id. EN 1133b2.
G206 — ἄκρος
(ἀκή point (see ἀκμή)) (from Homer down), highest, extreme; τό ἄκρον the topmost point, the extremity (cf. Buttmann, 94 (82)): [Luk 16:24]; [Heb 11:21] (see προσκυνέω, a. at the end); ἄκρα, ἄκρον γῆς, οὐρανοῦ, the farthest bounds, uttermost parts, end, of the earth, of heaven: [Mat 24:31]; [Mar 13:27]; cf. [Deu 4:32]; [Deu 28:64]; [Isa 13:5]; [Jer 12:12].
ἄκρος , - α , - ον ,
[in LXX for H7100, H931, etc.;]
highest, extreme; as subst ., τὸ ἄ ., the top, extremity: [Mar 13:27], [Luk 16:24], [Heb 11:21]; pl . ( cf. MM , VGT , s.v. ), [Mat 24:31]. †
ἄκρον , - ου , τό , see ἄκρος .