ἄκρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter of ᾰ̓́κρος (ắkros, “topmost”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.kron/ → /ˈa.kron/ → /ˈa.kron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.kron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kron/

Noun

ᾰ̓́κρον • (ắkron) n (genitive ᾰ̓́κρου); second declension

1. peak (e.g. of a mountain)
2. headland, cape
3. end, extremity
4. highest height, apex
5. (in the plural, logic) the major and minor points of syllogism
6. extreme

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ᾰ̓́κρον; τοῦ ᾰ̓́κρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̓́κρον tò ắkron	τὼ ᾰ̓́κρω tṑ ắkrō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́κρᾰ tằ ắkră
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓́κρου toû ắkrou	τοῖν ᾰ̓́κροιν toîn ắkroin	τῶν ᾰ̓́κρων tôn ắkrōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓́κρῳ tôi ắkrōi	τοῖν ᾰ̓́κροιν toîn ắkroin	τοῖς ᾰ̓́κροις toîs ắkrois
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓́κρον tò ắkron	τὼ ᾰ̓́κρω tṑ ắkrō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́κρᾰ tằ ắkră
Vocative	ᾰ̓́κρον ắkron	ᾰ̓́κρω ắkrō	ᾰ̓́κρᾰ ắkră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: άκρο (ákro)

Further reading

• “ἄκρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄκρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἄκρον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄκρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἄκρον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἄκρον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• G206 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • cape idem, page 111.
  • foreland idem, page 336.
  • headland idem, page 391.
  • height idem, page 394.
  • peak idem, page 601.
  • pinnacle idem, page 614.
  • pitch idem, page 614.
  • point idem, page 623.
  • promontory idem, page 653.
  • summit idem, page 837.
  • top idem, page 881.
  • vertex idem, page 949.