ἀκή
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Quotation
Ἀκμή, παρὰ τὸ ἀκὴ, καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ μ, ἀκμή
Translation (En)
Akmē "highest point": from akē "point", and through the addition of [m], akmē.
Parallels
Etym. Genuinum, alpha 337 (Ἀκμή (Κ 173)· ἡ ἀκρότης καὶ ὀξύτης τοῦ σιδήρου κυρίως· Ὅμηρος (l. c.)· "ἐπὶ ξυροῦ ἵσταται ἀκμῆς·" παρὰ τὸ ἥκω γίνεται ῥηματικὸν ὄνομα ἠκή, ὃ σημαίνει τὴν ὀξύτητα, ἡ διὰ παντὸς ἰοῦσα, ἀκή καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ μ ἀκμή. […] ἢ παρὰ τὸ κάμω γέγονε κατὰ συγκοπὴν κμῶ καὶ μετὰ τοῦ στερητικοῦ α ἀκμή, ἡ μὴ κάμνουσα διὰ νεότητα ἢ πόνους μὴ δυναμένη ὑποστῆναι); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges p. 49 (idem); Etym. Symeonis, vol. 1 p. 218 (idem); Etym. Genuinum, alpha 331 (Ἀκίς· τὸ τοῦ βέλους † σίδηρον· παρὰ τὸ ἀκή, ὃ σημαίνει τὴν ὀξύτητα, ὃ κατ’ ἐπένθεσιν τοῦ μ γίνεται ἀκμή. παρὰ τὸ ἀκή οὖν γίνεται ὑποκοριστικὸν ἀκίς, ὡς σκάφη σκαφίς, † ἄμνη ἀμνίς † [οὕτως Μεθόδιος]) Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 48 (idem); Etym. Gudianum, alpha p. 66 (Ἀκμή· ἡ ὀξύτης· παρὰ τὸ ἥκω ἀκή καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ μ ἀκμή); Etym. Gudianum Additamenta, alpha, p. 66 (Ἀκίς· τὸ τοῦ βέλους σιδήριον· παρὰ τὸ ἀκή, ὃ σημαίνει τὴν ὀξύτητα, καὶ κατ’ ἐπένθεσιν τοῦ μ λέγεται ἀκμή· παρὰ τὸ ἀκὴ <οὖν> ὑποκοριστικὸν ἀκίς, ὡς σκάφη σκαφίς, ἄμη ἀμίς); Etym. Symeonis, vol. 1, p. 216 (idem); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, alpha, p. 104 (idem); Lexicon αἱμωδεῖν, alpha 25 ( ἀκμή: ἡ ὀξύτης· παρὰ τὸ ἥκω ἀκή καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ μ ἀκμή)
Comment
Ἀκμή is here explained as derived from ἀκή "point", through a unique formal manipulation. This is half correct from our modern point of view as ἀκή and ἀκμή are both derivatives from root ἀκ-, although the one is not derived from the other.