ἀκμή

See also: ακμή and ἀκμῇ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

ᾰ̓κμή • (ăkmḗ) f (genitive ᾰ̓κμῆς); 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 ᾰ̓κμή; τῆς ᾰ̓κμῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓κμή hē ăkmḗ	τὼ ᾰ̓κμᾱ́ tṑ ăkmā́	αἱ ᾰ̓κμαί hai ăkmaí
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓κμῆς tês ăkmês	τοῖν ᾰ̓κμαῖν toîn ăkmaîn	τῶν ᾰ̓κμῶν tôn ăkmôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓κμῇ tēî ăkmēî	τοῖν ᾰ̓κμαῖν toîn ăkmaîn	ταῖς ᾰ̓κμαῖς taîs ăkmaîs
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓κμήν tḕn ăkmḗn	τὼ ᾰ̓κμᾱ́ tṑ ăkmā́	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓κμᾱ́ς tā̀s ăkmā́s
Vocative	ᾰ̓κμή ăkmḗ	ᾰ̓κμᾱ́ ăkmā́	ᾰ̓κμαί ăkmaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: acme
• → French: acmé
• → Italian: acme
• → Spanish: acmé
• Greek: ακμή (akmí)
• → New Latin: acnē
  • → English: acne

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 (2006–2026)
• 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.