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ἀκμ-άζω , ἀκμή)
A.to be in full bloom, at the prime:
I. of persons, Hdt.2.134, Pl.Prt.335e; ἀ. σώματι, ῥώμῃ, X.Mem.4.4.23, Pl.Plt.310d, etc.; of cities and states, Hdt.3.57, 5.28; “ἀ. τὸ σῶμα ἀπὸ τῶν λ́ ἐτῶν μέχρι τῶν έ καὶ λ́” Arist.Rh.1390b9; = τὰ τῶν νέων πράττειν Hyp.Fr. 122.
2. flourish, abound in a thing, “πλούτῳ” Hdt.1.29; “παρασκευῇ πάσῃ” Th.1.1; “νεότητι” Id.2.20; “ναυσὶκαὶ χρήμασι” Aeschin.3.163.
3. c. inf., to be strong enough to do, X.An.3.1.25.
II. of things, ἀ. ὁ πυρετός, ἡ νόσος is at its height, Hp.Aph.2.29, Epid.1.25, Th.2.49; “τοῦ πάθους ἀκμάζοντος” Phld.Lib.p.31 O.; “ἀ. ὁ πόλεμος” Th.3.3; of corn, to be ripe, Id.2.19.
2. ἡνίκα . . ἀκμάζοι [ὁ θυμός] when passion is at its height, Pl.Ti.70d; “ἀκμάζουσα ῥώμη” Antipho4.3.3; ἀκμάζει πάντα ἐπιμελείας δεόμενα require the utmost care, X.Cyr.4.2.40.
3. impers., c. inf., ἀκμάζει βρετέων ἔχεσθαι 'tis time to . ., A.Th.97 (lyr.); νῦν γὰρ ἀ. Πειθὼ . . ξυγκαταβῆναι now 'tis time for her to . ., Id.Ch. 726.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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