Ἀκρώνυξ
nail-tip, mountain-top
Translated by Catharine Roth16 Feb 2001Vetting: high9 revisions
Translation
[Meaning both] the tip of the nail and the top of the mountain.1 And [sc. also attested is] a)krwnuxi/a [used] likewise.2
"When he happened upon a detachment guarding a position at the top of the mountain, with a sudden attack he put them to flight."3
There is also [sc. attested]a)krwnuxi/a , the pinnacle of the mountain.
And Xenophon [writes]: "but when Kheirisophos saw that the pinnacle of the mountain had already been occupied, from which was the descent into the plain [...]".4
"As they came closer a pinnacle of a mountain rose above [them]."5
"When he happened upon a detachment guarding a position at the top of the mountain, with a sudden attack he put them to flight."3
There is also [sc. attested]
And Xenophon [writes]: "but when Kheirisophos saw that the pinnacle of the mountain had already been occupied, from which was the descent into the plain [...]".4
"As they came closer a pinnacle of a mountain rose above [them]."5