ἀκίς, ίδος, ἡ,
(compare ἀκή A) pointed object; hence, needle, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐντὸς παθῶν” 41] Refs 5th c.BC+]; splinter, [[ [prev. author] “Epid.” 5.46] Refs]; πετροτόμος ἀ., of a chisel, [[ “APl.” 4.221 (3rd c.BC: Theaetetus Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__2 barb of an arrow or hook, βελῶν[[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demetrius” 20; ἀγκίστρου “Anthologia Graeca” 6.5 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__3 arrow, dart, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 443, 4th c.BC: Mnesimachus Comicus 7, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 5.151. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 metaphorically, ἔρως.. ἡ φρενῶν ἀ. [[ 4th-3rd c.BC(?): Timotheus Comicus 2] Refs 4th c.BC+]; πόθων ἀκίδες stings of desire, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 12.76 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus)] Refs 1st c.BC+]: in plural, sharp, acute pains, [[ 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 2.4. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II surgical bandage, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(1).823.] Refs 2nd c.AD+]