ἀκμ-άζω, ἀκμή
) to be in full bloom, at the prime:
__I of persons, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.134, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 335e] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. σώματι, ῥώμῃ, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.4.23, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 310d, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of cities and states, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.57, 5.28; ἀ. τὸ σῶμα ἀπὸ τῶν λ ἐτῶν μέχρι τῶν έ καὶ λ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1390b9] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ={τὰ τῶν νέων πράττειν} [[ 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Fragmenta” 122. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__I.2 flourish, abound in a thing, πλούτῳ[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.29; παρασκευῇ πάσῃ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.1; νεότητι [prev. author] 2.20; ναυσὶκαὶ χρήμασι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.163. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.3 with infinitive, to be strong enough to do, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.25. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II of things, ἀ. ὁ πυρετός, ἡ νόσος is at its height, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 2.29, “Epid.” 1.25, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49; τοῦ πάθους ἀκμάζοντος 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.31 O.; ἀ. ὁ πόλεμος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of corn, to be ripe, [[ [prev. author] 2.19. ] Refs]
__II.2 ἡνίκα.. ἀκμάζοι [ὁ θυμός] when passion is at its height, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 70d; ἀκμάζουσα ῥώμη 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.3.3] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀκμάζει πάντα ἐπιμελείας δεόμενα require the utmost care, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.40. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]