highest
ἄκρον,ον,τό, (neut. ofἄκρος)
A.
like ἄκρα ,highestorfarthest 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 νάωνships'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 ἄκρωνatthe end, Ar. Fr. 29 ; ἐξ ἄκρου
Com.Adesp. 398
; ἐπ' ἄκροις
Pl. Sph. 220d
:—border, frontier, Plb. 1.42.2 .
II. metaph.,highest pitch, height, πανδοξίας ἄκρον
Pi. N. 1.11
;εἰς ἄκρον ἀνδρείας ἱκέσθαιtohighest 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 φέρεσθαιwinprize, Theoc. 12.31 ; ἄκρα φέρους' ἀρετῆς ὑμῖν
Epigr.Gr. 224.2
(Samos).
2. of persons,Ἄργεος ἄκρα Πελασγοί prideof Argos, Theoc. 15.142 .
III. δρυὸς ἄκρα,
= ἀκρόδρυα , ib. 112 .
IV. in Logic of Arist.
τὰ ἄκραaremajor and minor termsof syllogism, opp. toμέσονor middle, APr. 25b36 , al.
V. extremesin a proportion, Id. EN 1133b2 .
