ἀκρο-θίνιον [θῑ], τό,
[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 282, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.132, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 946b] Refs 5th c.BC+]; mostly plural ἀκρο-θίνια or ἀκρό-θῑνα, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.41, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]: singularἄκρο-θις, ἡ, accusative -θινα[[ “GDI” 2561 D 47 Rüsch (Delph., 4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]: (ἄκρος, θίς):—topmost or best part of heap; hence, firstfruits of the field, booty, etc., offered to the gods, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 109, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86, 90, +others, Pi.[same place], etc.; ἀ. τῆς Μαραθῶνι μάχης “Michel” 1117 (Delph.)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀκρόθινα πολέμου, in [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.4] Refs 5th c.BC+], of the Olympic games, as founded from spoils taken in war, compare [[[prev. work] 10(11).57] Refs].—Properly neuter adjective, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 834 ἀκροθίνια θύη] Refs 4th c.BC+] offerings of firstfruits. Post-[[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, rare in early Prose.] Refs 8th c.BC+]