- ἀκτή 1
- ἀκτή 1.Grammatical information: f.Meaning: `promontory, rocky coast, rough shore, edge' (Il.).Derivatives: ἀκταία name of a plant (Plin.); Strömberg Pflanzennamen 115 (also on ἄκτιον and ἀκτίνη). - ἄκτιος surname of Pan (Theoc.) and Apollo (A. R.), ἄκτιον = ἀκτή (Ael.). - ἀκτίτης m. `who lives on the coast' (A. P.), ἀκτ. (λίθος) `stone from Piraeus or Argolis'; πέτρος ἀκτῖτις (Ath. Mitt. 31, 143). ἀκτάζω `banquet' (from *`banquet on the shore'?), Plu. 2, 668 b; or from 2. ἁκτή?Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Derivation from ἀκ- `sharp' is "allenfalls möglich" (Frisk), but Fur. 127 compares ὄχθη, -ος which is quite convincing; so it is a substr. word. Cf. on ἀκτή 2.!Page in Frisk: 1,61
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.