ἄκμων, ονος, ὁ,
originally probably meteoric stone, thunderbolt (see. entry near the end), χάλκεος ἄ. οὐρανόθεν κατιών[[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 722, compare 724. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II anvil, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.476, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.274, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.68: _metaphorically_, πρὸς ἄκμονι χάλκευε γλῶσσαν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.86] Refs 8th c.BC+]; λόγχης ἄκμονες very anvils to bear blows (cf. Scholia (at [prev. work])), [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 51; ὑπομένειν πληγὰς ἄκμων 4th c.BC: Aristopho Comicus 4] Refs 4th c.BC+]; Τιρύνθιος ἄ., i. e. Hercules, [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 146 (explanation by Scholia ὁ μὴ καμὼν ἐπὶ τοῖς ἄθλοις). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.2 pestle [[(from Cyprian), 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__II.3 head of a batteringram, [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus “Abhandlungen der Göttinger Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften (Phil.-hist. Klasse)” 161.4. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III kind of eagle, [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__IV kind of wolf, [[ 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 3.326. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__V [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus, = 6, “Theologumena Arithmeticae” 37. (Cf. Sanskritáś] Refs 4th c.BC+]man- `sling-stone', etc.)