A.in full bloom, at prime, vigorous, “πῶλοι” A.Eu.405; “ἥβη” Id.Th.11; ἀκμαῖος φύσιν in the prime of strength, Id.Pers.441; “ἀ. τὸν ὀργήν” Luc.Tim.3; “κάλλει ἀκμαία” Epigr.Gr.127; “τὸ ἀκμαιότατον” D.H.5.22; ἀκμαίων λέσχη at Chalcis, Plu.2.298d:—“ἀ. πρὸς ἔρωτα” AP7.221, cf. Luc.DDeor.8.2, Ael.NA15.10. Adv. “ἀκμαίως, ἔχειν κατὰ τὴν ἡλικίαν” Plb.31.29.7: Comp. -ότερον more vigorously, Gal.4.525:—of things, at the height, ὁ ἀκμαιότατος καιρὸς τῆς ἡμέρας, i. e. noon, Plb.3.102.1; “τὸ ἀ. τοῦ χειμῶνος” Arr.An.4.7.1, etc.
ἀκμ-αῖος , α, ον, Aeol. ἄκμαος Jo. Gramm.Comp.2.14;