ἀκτή

ἀκτή (A), ἡ,

• headland, foreland, promontory, ἀ. προὔχουσα Od. 24.82; ἀ. προβλῆτες 5.405, 10.89; opp. λιμήν, Il. 12.284; often with epithets, denoting high rugged coast, τρηχεῖα, ὑψηλή, Od. 5.425, Il. 2.395; τρηχέα Hdt. 7.33; στυφλοί A. Pers. 303; ἀμφίκλυστος S. Tr. 752; στόνῳ βρέμουσι δʼ ἀντιπλῆγες ἀκταί Id. Ant. 592:— usu. of sea-coast, χλωρὰ ἀ. ib. 1132; ἀκταὶ ἔναλοι Tim. Pers. 109; but also of rugged banks or strand of rivers, Ἑλώρου, Νείλου, Pi. N. 9.40, I. 2.42; Σιμόεντος A. Ag. 697; Ἀχέροντος S. Ant. 813.—Rare in early Prose, X. An. 6.2.1, Lycurg. 17.
• • • 2 generally, tract of land running out into the sea, ἀ. διφάσιαι of the north and south coasts of Asia Minor, Hdt. 4.38; of Africa, as jutting out from Asia, 4.41, cf. 177; of Cape Sepias, 7.183, al.; of Mt.Athos, Th. 4.109; of Italy, Arist. Pol. 1329b11; of the peninsula of the Piraeus, Hyp. Fr. 185, Arist. Ath. 42.3, Lycurg. 17 (also of Attica in general, E. Hel. 1673, cf. Str. 9.1.3); of the coast of Argolis, Plb. 5.91.8, D.S. 12.43: pl., ἀκτὰς τῆσδε γῆς S. Fr. 24.
  • II generally, edge, χώματος ἀ. of a sepulchral mound, A. Ch. 722; βώμιος ἀ. of an altar, S. OT 182 (lyr.). (As there is no trace of ϝ, the word is more probably connected with √ak ‘pointed’ than with ϝάγ-νυμι.)

ἀκτή (B), ἡ, poet. word for

• corn, Δημήτερος ἀκτή Il. 13.322, 21.76, cf. E. Hipp. 138 (lyr.), Epin. 1.9; μυληφάτου ἀλφίτου ἀ. Od. 2.355, cf. 14.429, Il. 11.631:—in Hes. of corn generally, ὡσεὶ Δημήτερος ἀ., of standing crop, Sc. 290, of unthreshed corn, Op. 597, 805; of seed, οὐ σπόρον ὁλκοῖσιν Δηοῦς ἐνιβάλλομαι ἀ. A.R. 3.413. (The connexion with ἄγνυμι is doubtful.)

2. ἀκτή -ῆς, ἡ, Dor. ἀκτά
1.  van een uitstekend stuk land t.o.v. water
a.  (hoge of steile) kust: ἀκτὰν πρὸς ἑσπέρου θεοῦ de kust van de god van het westen (Hades, de onderwereld) Soph. OT 177.
b.  kaap, landtong, schiereiland.
c.  oever, strand.
d.  als naam van verschillende plaatsen ‘De Kaap’.
2.  uitbr. verhoging, rand: ἀκτὴ χώματος hoge grafheuvel Aeschl. Ch. 722; ἀκτὰν πάρα βώμιον naast het hoge altaar Soph. OT 184.

ἀκτή ¹, ἡ (ἄγνυμι) die Stelle, wo das Meer sich bricht, Brandung ist, hohe, schroffe Küste, ἀκταὶ προβλῆτες Od. 10.89, ὑψηλή neben προβλὴς σκόπελος Il. 2.395, τρηχεῖα Od. 5.425, ἐπʼ ἀκτάων ἐριδούπων Il. 20.50, προβλῆτες ἀκταὶ ἀπορρῶγες Od. 13.98 ; ἐφʼ ἁλὸς πολιῆς λιμέσιν τε καὶ ἀκταῖς Il. 12.284 ; Pind. βαθύκρημνοι N. 9.40, ἀκτὴ τραχέα Her. 7.33 ; auch Tragg.; von der Küste eines Flusses Pind. I. 2.42 Νείλου, Aesch. Ag. 685 Σιμόεντος, Soph. Ant. 807 Ἀχέροντος ; vom Tartarus O.R. 178 ; Her. nennt so 4.38 einen am Meere gelegenen Landstrich. Selten in att. Prosa, Lycurg. 17 ; vgl. Xen. An. 5.10.1 ; Arist. H.A. 5.15 hat ἀκτή u. αἰγιαλός neben einander ; bei den Tragg. übh. eine Erhöhung, Aesch. Ag. 479 ; βώμιος, Altar, Soph. O.R. 183 ; χώματος, Grabhügel, Aesch. Ch. 711.

ἀκτή ², (ἄγνυμι), das auf der Mühle zermalmte Getreide, Hom. fünfmal, stets Versende, Od. 2.855 μυληφάτου ἀλφίτου ἀκτῆς, 14.429 παλύνας ἀλφίτου ἀκτῇ, Il. 11.631 ἀλφίτου ἱεροῦ ἀκτήν, 18.322, 21.75 ἔδοι (πασάμην) Δημήτερος ἀκτήν ; – bei Hes. = Korn, Saatkorn ; O. 466, 597 Δημήτερος ἱερὸν ἀκτήν Versende, Sc. 290 Δημήτερος ἀκτήν Versende ; Apoll.Rh. 3.413 οὐ σπόρον ὁλκοῖσιν Δηοῦς ἐνιβάλλομαι ἀκτήν.

ἀκτή 1,

-ῆς, ἡ.

Corn or meal: ἀλφίτου Il. 11.631, δημήτερος Il. 13.322, Il. 21.76: ἀλφίτου Od. 2.355, Od. 14.429.

ἀκτή 2,

-ῆς, ἡ.

• • 1

    A beach or shore of the sea: ἀκτὴν εἰσανέβαινον Il. 18.68. Cf. Il. 12.284, Il. 20.50, Il. 23.125, Il. 24.97: ἐπʼ ἀκτῆς καθήμενος Od. 5.82. Cf. Od. 5.151, Od. 10.140, 509, Od. 13.234, Od. 15.36, Od. 24.378.

  • 2

    A projecting part of the shore: ἀκτῇ Il. 2.395: ἀκταὶ προβλῆτες Od. 5.405. Cf. Od. 5.425, Od. 10.89, Od. 12.11, Od. 13.98, Od. 24.82.

For Pindar, see also: ἀκτά

ἀκτή (1): meal, corn; always with ἀλφίτου, or Δημήτερος.

ἀκτή (2): shore, esp. rocky and jutting parts, ἀπορρῶγες, προβλῆτες.

ἀκτή

• Aa headland, foreland, promontory, shore, Od., etc.: of the banks of rivers, ἀκταὶ Σιμόεντος Aesch.; Ἀχέροντος Soph.
• • • 2generally, coast-land, ἀκταὶ διφάσιαι of the N. and S. coasts of Asia Minor, Hdt.; of Attica (cf. ἀκταῖος), Soph.
  • IIgenerally, any edge or strand, like the sea-coast, Lat. ora, χώματος ἀκτή of a sepulchral mound, Aesch.; βώμιος ἀ. of an altar, Soph. (Perh. from ἄγνυμι, cf. ῥηγμίν.)
• Bcorn or meal, Δημήτερος ἀκτή Il.; ἀλφίτου ἀκτή Od. Deriv. uncertain.