A.pointed object; hence, needle, Hp.Int. 41; splinter, Id.Epid.5.46; πετροτόμος ἀ., of a chisel, APl.4.221 (Theaet.).
4. metaph., ἔρως . . ἡ φρενῶν ἀ. Tim.Com.2; πόθων ἀκίδες stings of desire, AP12.76 (Mel.): in pl., sharp, acute pains, Aret.SD2.4.
II. surgical bandage, Gal.18(1).823.