ἀκμή

See also: ακμή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *akmā́, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“point, sharp”). Cognates include ἀκή (akḗ) and ἄκρος (ákros).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ak.mɛ̌ː/ → /akˈmi/ → /akˈmi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ak.mɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /akˈme̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /akˈmi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /akˈmi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /akˈmi/

Noun

ἀκμή • (akmḗ) f (genitive ἀκμῆς); first declension

1. point, edge
2. the highest or culminating point of something, bloom, flower, prime, zenith, especially of a person's age
3. time, the best or most fitting time

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀκμή; τῆς ἀκμῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀκμή hē akmḗ	τὼ ἀκμᾱ́ tṑ akmā́	αἱ ἀκμαί hai akmaí
Genitive	τῆς ἀκμῆς tês akmês	τοῖν ἀκμαῖν toîn akmaîn	τῶν ἀκμῶν tôn akmôn
Dative	τῇ ἀκμῇ têi akmêi	τοῖν ἀκμαῖν toîn akmaîn	ταῖς ἀκμαῖς taîs akmaîs
Accusative	τὴν ἀκμήν tḕn akmḗn	τὼ ἀκμᾱ́ tṑ akmā́	τᾱ̀ς ἀκμᾱ́ς tā̀s akmā́s
Vocative	ἀκμή akmḗ	ἀκμᾱ́ akmā́	ἀκμαί akmaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: acme
• → French: acmé
• → Spanish: acmé
• Greek: ακμή (akmí)

Further reading

• “ἀκμή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀκμή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀκμή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀκμή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀκμή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀκμή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • acme idem, page 8.
  • barb idem, page 62.
  • blade idem, page 81.
  • bloom idem, page 84.
  • brink idem, page 100.
  • climax idem, page 137.
  • crisis idem, page 184.
  • critical idem, page 185.
  • edge idem, page 261.
  • end idem, page 272.
  • flower idem, page 329.
  • height idem, page 394.
  • heyday idem, page 398.
  • high time idem, page 399.
  • hour idem, page 408.
  • life idem, page 489.
  • manhood idem, page 511.
  • mature idem, page 518.
  • maturity idem, page 518.
  • occasion idem, page 568.
  • perfection idem, page 607.
  • pinnacle idem, page 614.
  • plenitude idem, page 620.
  • point idem, page 623.
  • prime idem, page 640.
  • quintessence idem, page 667.
  • rapier idem, page 672.
  • ripeness idem, page 716.
  • spike idem, page 801.
  • spring idem, page 805.
  • summit idem, page 837.
  • time idem, page 875.
  • tip idem, page 877.
  • top idem, page 881.
  • vertex idem, page 949.
  • vigour idem, page 952.
  • youth idem, page 997.
  • zenith idem, page 997.