ἄκρος, α, ον,
(on the Root see at {ἀκή} A) at the farthest point or end, hence either topmost, outermost, or inmost.
__1 highest, topmost, ἀκροτάτῃ κορυφῇ[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.499, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν πόλει ἄκρῃ, ={ἐν ἀκροπόλει}, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.88, compare 257; ἄκρῳ Ὀλύμπῳ 13.523; ἀνὰ Γαργάρῳ ἄκρῳ 14.352] Refs 8th c.BC+]; λάψοντες.. μέλαν ὕδωρ ἄκρον at its surface, [[ 16.162] Refs]; ἄκρον ῥινόν surface of skin, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.278] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ἄκρων ὀρέων o mountain tops, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1106] Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative ἀκρότατος, ὔσδος[[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 93.2] Refs 7th c.BC+]; ὀρόφοισι Oracle texts cited in [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.140. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 outermost, πεδίον ἐπ᾽ ἄκρον to the farthest edge of the plain, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1197] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ ἄκρας σπιλάδος from the surface of a stone, [[ [prev. author] “Tr.” 678] Refs]; especially of extremities of body, ἄ. χείρ, πόδες, ὦμος, end of hand, ends of feet, tip of shoulder, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.336, 16.640, 17.599; ἄκρων χειρῶν καὶ ποδῶν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.119, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 183b, “Ti.” 76e] Refs 8th c.BC+]; but τὸ ἄ. τῆς χειρός, τοῦ ποδός, thumb, great toe, [[ LXX.Exo.29.20, LXX.Lev.18.22; γλῶσσαν ἄκραν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 238] LXX+5th c.BC+]; πίτυν ἄκρας τῆς κόμης καθέλκων by the top of the crown, [[ 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 296:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —ἐπ᾽ ἄκρων [δακτύλων] on tiptoe, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1230] Refs 5th c.BC+], ubi see Scholia; comically, ἐπ᾽ ἄκρων πυγιδίων on tip-tail, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 638; ἐν ἄκροισι βὰς ποσί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1166; παρ᾽ ἄκρας τρίχας “Or.” 128; ἀκροτάτοις χείλεσι “epigram Gr.” 547.8:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —οὐκ ἀπ᾽ ἄκρας φρενός not from the outside of the heart, i.e. from the in mostheart, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 805, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 242] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄκροισι λαίφους κρασπέδοις with mere edges of sail, i.e. under close-reejed sails, [[ [prev. author] “Med.” 524, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 999. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]