ἀκονάω,
(ἀκόνη) sharpen, μαχαίρας[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 684; λόγχην 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.33] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, ἀκονᾶσθαι μαχαίρας[[ [prev. author] “HG” 7.5.20] Refs]:—passive, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 886b10, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 34. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, spur, goad on, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.46] Refs 4th c.BC+]; provoke, γλῶσσαν ἠκονημένος[[ “Tragica Adespota” 423, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 21.3, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.469, +others, 6th c.AD: Choricius Rhetor in “Jahrb.” 9.184; θυμὸν ἐπ᾽ ἐλπίδι τινὸς ἀ. 4th c.BC: Demades Orator 17] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.178, +others] Refs 1st c.AD+]