in full bloom, at prime, vigorous
ἀκμ-αῖος,α,ον, Aeol.
ἄκμαοςJo. Gramm. Comp. 2.14 ;
A. in full bloom, at prime, vigorous, πῶλοι
A. Eu. 405
; ἥβη
Id. Th. 11
;ἀκμαῖος φύσιν in the prime ofstrength, Id. Pers. 441 ; ἀ. τὸν ὀργήν
Luc. Tim. 3
; κάλλει ἀκμαία
Epigr.Gr. 127
; τὸ ἀκμαιότατον
D.H. 5.22
;ἀκμαίων λέσχηat Chalcis, Plu. 2.298d :— ἀ. πρὸς ἔρωτα
AP 7.221
, cf. Luc. DDeor. 8.2 , Ael. NA 15.10 .Adv.
ἀκμαίως, ἔχειν κατὰ τὴν ἡλικίαν
Plb. 31.29.7
: Comp.
-ότερον more vigorously, Gal. 4.525 :—of things,at the height,ὁ ἀκμαιότατος καιρὸς τῆς ἡμέρας, i. e. noon, Plb. 3.102.1 ; τὸ ἀ. τοῦ χειμῶνος
Arr. An. 4.7.1
, etc.
2. Rhet.,belonging to the supreme effort, culmination of oratory,ἔννοιαι, λόγος, Hermog. Id. 1.7 , Inv. 4.4 : Comp. , Id. 1.10 .
II. in time, in season, ἀ. καιρός
PTeb. 24.56
(ii B. C., Sup. );ἀ. ἡμέραιtheseasonabledays, Ath. 5.180c , cf. AP 10.2 ( Antip.Sid. ): neut. pl. asAdv., ἀκμαῖ̓' ἂν μόλοι
S. Aj. 921
(cj.).
