LogeionPerseus analysis of ἀκροτάτῃ:
ἄκρος (at the farthest point): fem dat superl sg (attic epic ionic)
LSJ entry
ἄκρος
ἄκρος,
α,
ον, (on the Root v. ἀκή A) 1. highest, topmost,
ἀκροτάτῃ κορυφῇ Il. 1.499, al.; ἐν πόλει ἄκρῃ, = ἐν ἀκροπόλει, Il. 6.88,
cf. 257;
ἄκρῳ Ὀλύμπῳ 13.523;
ἀνὰ Γαργάρῳ ἄκρῳ 14.352; λάψοντες . . μέλαν ὕδωρ ἄκρον at its surface,
16.162; ἄκρον ῥινόν surface of skin, Od. 22.278; ἐπʼ ἄκρων ὀρέων o mountain tops,
S. OT 1106:
Sup. ἀκρότατος, ὔσδος Sapph. 93.2
; ὀρόφοισι Orac. ap. Hdt. 7.140.
2. outermost, πεδίον ἐπʼ ἄκρον to the farthest edge of the plain, S. Ant. 1197; κατʼ ἄκρας σπιλάδος from the surface of a stone, Id. Tr. 678;
esp. of extremities of body, ἄ. χείρ, πόδες, ὦμος, end of hand, ends of feet, tip of shoulder, Il. 5.336,
16.640,
17.599;
ἄκρων χειρῶν καὶ ποδῶν Hdt. 1.119,
cf. Th. 2.49,
Pl. La. 183b,
Ti. 76e; but τὸ ἄ. τῆς χειρός, τοῦ ποδός, thumb, great toe,
LXX Ex. 29.20,
Le. 18.22;
γλῶσσαν ἄκραν S. Aj. 238; πίτυν ἄκρας τῆς κόμης καθέλκων by the top of the crown, Cratin. 296:—ἐπʼ ἄκρων [δακτύλων] on tiptoe,
S. Aj. 1230,
ubi v. Sch.; comically, ἐπʼ ἄκρων πυγιδίων on tip-tail,
Ar. Ach. 638;
ἐν ἄκροισι βὰς ποσί E. Ion 1166;
παρʼ ἄκρας τρίχας Or. 128;
ἀκροτάτοις χείλεσι Epigr.Gr. 547.8
:—οὐκ ἀπʼ ἄκρας φρενός not from the outside of the heart, i.e. from the in mostheart, A. Ag. 805,
cf. E. Hec. 242; ἄκροισι λαίφους κρασπέδοις with mere edges of sail, i.e. under close-reefed sails, Id. Med. 524,
cf. Ar. Ra. 999.
1. of persons, Hdt. 5.112,
6.122;
τοξότης ἄ. A. Ag. 628; θεσφάτων γνώμων ἄ. ib.1130;
μάντις S. El. 1499;
ἰατροί Phld. Lib.p.67 O.; οἱ πάντῃ ἄ., οἱ ἀκρότατοι Pl. Tht. 148c;
of any extremes, opp. τὰ μεταξύ, τοῖς ἄ. τὰ ἄ. ἀποδιδόναι Id. R. 478e,
cf. Phd. 90a;
of classes in a state, Arist. Pol. 1296b39:
in moral sense, both good and bad, ἐπιδικάζονται οἱ ἄ. τῆς μέσης χώρας Id. EN 1107b31; αἱ ἄ. [διαθέσεις] ib.1108b14, cf. ἄκρον II.1:—c. acc. modi, ψυχὴν οὐκ ἄ. not strong of mind, Hdt. 5.124;
ἄ. τὰ πολέμια 7.111; ἄ. ὀργήν quick to anger, passionate,
1.73;
Εὐρώπη ἀρετὴν ἄκρη 7.5:
c.gen., οἱ ἄ. τῆς ποιήσεως Pl. Tht. 152e;
ἄ. εἰς φιλοσοφίαν R. 499c;
περὶ ὁπλομαχίαν Lg. 833e.