ἀκτή

Etymology 1
Unclear. Derivation from is possible according to Frisk, but if Furnée is right in comparing this word with, it could be a  word.

Noun

 * 1) headland, cape, promontory
 * 2) * Sophocles, Trachiniae, 237-238 (Sir Richard Jebb, 1892 translation)
 * "grc"

- ἀκτή τις ἔστ’ Εὐβοιίς, ἔνθ’ ὁρίζεται βωμοὺς τέλη τ’ ἔγκαρπα Κηναίῳ Διί.


 * 1) any raised place
 * 2) * Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, 721 (Herbert Weir Smyth, 1926 translation)
 * "grc"

- ὦ πότνια χθὼν καὶ πότνι’ ἀκτὴ χώματος

Etymology 2
Unclear. Perhaps the same as etymology 1.

Noun

 * 1)  corn grains of cereal crops
 * 2) * Homer Iliad, 630-631 (Samuel Butler, 1898 translation)
 * "grc"

- χάλκειον κάνεον, ἐπὶ δὲ κρόμυον ποτῷ ὄψον, ἠδὲ μέλι χλωρόν, παρὰ δ’ ἀλφίτου ἱεροῦ ἀκτήν,