headland, foreland, promontory
ἀκτή(A),ἡ,
A. headland, foreland, promontory, ἀ. προὔχουσα
Od. 24.82
; ἀ. προβλῆτες
5.405
, 10.89 ; opp.λιμήν, Il. 12.284 ; often with epithets, denoting high rugged coast,τρηχεῖα, ὑψηλή, Od. 5.425 , Il. 2.395 ; τρηχέα
Hdt. 7.33
; στυφλοί
A. Pers. 303
; ἀμφίκλυστος
S. Tr. 752
; στόνῳ βρέμουσι δ' ἀντιπλῆγες ἀκταί
Id. Ant. 592
:—usu. of sea-coast,χλωρὰ ἀ.ib. 1132 ; ἀκταὶ ἔναλοι
Tim. Pers. 109
; but also ofrugged banksorstrandof rivers,Ἑλώρου, Νείλου, Pi. N. 9.40 , I. 2.42 ; Σιμόεντος
A. Ag. 697
; Ἀχέροντος
S. Ant. 813
.—Rare in early Prose, X. An. 6.2.1 , Lycurg. 17 .
2. generally,tract of land running out into the sea,ἀ. διφάσιαιof the north and south coasts of Asia Minor, Hdt. 4.38 ; of Africa, as jatting out from Asia, 4.41 , cf. 177 ; of Cape Sepias, 7.183 , al.; of Mt.Athos, Th. 4.109 ; ofltaly, Arist. Pol. 1329b11 ; of the peninsula of the Piraeus, Hyp. Fr. 185 , Arist. Ath. 42.3 , Lycurg. 17 (also of Attica in general, E. Hel. 1673 , cf. Str. 9.1.3 ); of the coast of Argolis, Plb. 5.91.8 , D.S. 12.43 : pl., ἀκτὰς τῆσδε γῆς
S. Fr. 24
.
II. generally,edge,χώματος ἀ.of a sepulchral mound, A. Ch. 722 ;βώμιος ἀ.of an altar, S. OT 182 (lyr.). (As there is no trace ofϝ, the word is more probably connected with [root ]ak'pointed' than withϝάγ-νυμι.)
