ἀκμή
akmē

Greek noun

Last edited: 2024-12-16
Primary meaning peak
Literal translation peak
Variants
ἀκμή akmē
Edited by
peak term of motion

of motion

...] καὶ ἀκμὴ κα[ὶ] ἄνεσις τῆς φ[ορᾶς ...

‘...] both peak and relaxation of the m[otion’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4144 10

Genre: astronomical treatise
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus
Date: 2nd-3rd century CE

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 108-109 + II: 40-41

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ἀκμή (Lemma #2707). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2707/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ἀκμή (Lemma #2707). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2707/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ἀκμή (Lemma #2707). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2707/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) ἀκμή (Lemma #2707), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2707/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2707,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ἀκμή ({Lemma} #2707)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2707/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2707/},
}