ἀκμάζω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀκμή (akmḗ, high point) + -άζω (-ázō, verb-forming suffix)

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Verb

ἀκμάζω • (akmázō)

(Attic, Ionic, Koine)
  1. (intransitive) to be at or to reach the highest point (often figuratively)
    • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Aphorisms 2.29
    • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.49:
      καὶ τὸ σῶμα, ὅσονπερ χρόνον καὶ ἡ νόσος ἀκμάζοι, οὐκ ἐμαραίνετο, ἀλλ' ἀντεῖχε παρὰ δόξαν τῇ ταλαιπωρίᾳ
      kaì tò sôma, hósonper khrónon kaì hē nósos akmázoi, ouk emaraíneto, all' anteîkhe parà dóxan têi talaipōríāi
      and the body, for as much time as the disease was at its highest point, did not waste away, but unexpectedly held up against the suffering
    • 360 BCE, Plato, Timaeus 70d
  2. (intransitive) to be in one's prime, be ripe
  3. to have plenty of [+dative]

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