A.a headland, foreland, promontory, shore, Od., etc.: of the banks of rivers, ἀκταὶ Σιμόεντος Aesch.; Ἀχέροντος Soph.
2.generally, coast-land, ἀκταὶ διφάσιαι of the N. and S. coasts of Asia Minor, Hdt.; of Attica (cf. ἀκταῖος), Soph.
Deriv. uncertain.