ἀκτίς

A. ray, beam : Hom. only dat. pl., ἀκτῖσιν Od. 5.479, 19.441. ἀκτίνεσσιν 11.16, Il. 10.547 ; Ἠελίοιο ἀκτῖνες Mimn. 11.6, cf. Emp. 84, Ar. Av. 1009, Arist. Mete. 374b4, etc.; sg., S. Tr. 685, cf. ἀνὰ μέσσαν ἀκτῖνα, i.e. from south, S. OC 1247; ἀκτῖνες μέσαι noonday, E. Ion 1136; τὰ πρὸς ἀκτῖνα ἔθνη peoples of the East, Philostr. V A 2.2 :— of lightning, ἀκτῖνες στεροπᾶς ἀπορηγνύμεναι Pi. P. 4.198; ὦ Διὸς ἀκτίς, παῖσον S. Tr. 10<*>6; πυρός Sopat. 13, Pl. Ti. 78d; of the eyes, ἀκτῖνας προσώπου, Pi. Fr. 123, cf. Ar. V. 1032; visual rays, Hipparch. ap. Placit. 4.13.9.

2. metaph., brightness, splendour, glory, ἀ. ἀγώνων, καλῶν ἐργμάτων, Pi. P. 11.48, I. 4(3).42; ἀκτῖνες ὄλβου splendid fortunes, Id. P. 4.255.

3. ray shot from the left by planet to planet (opp. ὄψις, q.v.), Heph.Astr. 1.16, Porph. Intr. p.189; τὴν ἀ. ἐπιφέρων Vett. Val. 136.19, cf. Ptol. Tetr. 126.

II. spoke of a wheel, AP 9.418 (Antip.).