"ἀκμή" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἀκμή in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ak.mɛ̌ː/, /akˈmi/, /akˈmi/, /ak.mɛ̌ː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /akˈme̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /akˈmi/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /akˈmi/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /akˈmi/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *akmā́, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“point, sharp”). Cognates include ἀκή (akḗ) and ἄκρος (ákros). Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*akmā́}} Proto-Hellenic *akmā́, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*h₂eḱ-|t=point, sharp}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“point, sharp”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ᾰ̓κμή|ᾰ̓κμῆς|f|first}} ᾰ̓κμή • (ăkmḗ) f (genitive ᾰ̓κμῆς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ᾰ̓κμή|ῆς}} Forms: ᾰ̓κμή [canonical], ăkmḗ [romanization], ᾰ̓κμῆς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ ᾰ̓κμή [nominative, singular], ᾰ̓κμᾱ́ [dual, nominative], αἱ ᾰ̓κμαί [nominative, plural], τῆς ᾰ̓κμῆς [genitive, singular], ᾰ̓κμαῖν [dual, genitive], ᾰ̓κμῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ ᾰ̓κμῇ [dative, singular], ᾰ̓κμαῖν [dative, dual], ταῖς ᾰ̓κμαῖς [dative, plural], τὴν ᾰ̓κμήν [accusative, singular], ᾰ̓κμᾱ́ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓κμᾱ́ς [accusative, plural], ᾰ̓κμή [singular, vocative], ᾰ̓κμᾱ́ [dual, vocative], ᾰ̓κμαί [plural, vocative]
  1. point, edge
    Sense id: en-ἀκμή-grc-noun-2TDUqqWF Categories (other): Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 16 45 39
  2. the highest or culminating point of something, bloom, flower, prime, zenith, especially of a person's age
    Sense id: en-ἀκμή-grc-noun-hzqt~dfz Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μή, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 12 57 31 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 16 45 39 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μή: 14 51 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 81 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 85 10
  3. time, the best or most fitting time
    Sense id: en-ἀκμή-grc-noun-SUQ9HhOu Categories (other): Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 16 45 39
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      "source": "inflection",
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          "_dis": "16 45 39",
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          "bloom",
          "bloom"
        ],
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          "flower",
          "flower"
        ],
        [
          "prime",
          "prime"
        ],
        [
          "zenith",
          "zenith"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        }
      ],
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        "time, the best or most fitting time"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἀκμή-grc-noun-SUQ9HhOu",
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        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ]
      ]
    }
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/akˈmi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/akˈmi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ak.mɛ̌ː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/akˈme̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/akˈmi/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
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      "ipa": "/akˈmi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/akˈmi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἀκμή"
}
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    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ ᾰ̓κμῇ",
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓κμαῖν",
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        "dual"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "τὴν ᾰ̓κμήν",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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        "vocative"
      ]
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      "form": "ᾰ̓κμαί",
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "point",
          "point"
        ],
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          "edge"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        "the highest or culminating point of something, bloom, flower, prime, zenith, especially of a person's age"
      ],
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        [
          "bloom",
          "bloom"
        ],
        [
          "flower",
          "flower"
        ],
        [
          "prime",
          "prime"
        ],
        [
          "zenith",
          "zenith"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "time, the best or most fitting time"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ak.mɛ̌ː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/akˈmi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/akˈmi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ak.mɛ̌ː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/akˈme̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/akˈmi/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/akˈmi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/akˈmi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἀκμή"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Ancient Greek dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (5ee713e and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.