σφυρόν: Difference between revisions

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Θνητὸς πεφυκὼς τοὐπίσω πειρῶ βλέπειν → Homo natus id, quod instat, ut videas, age → Als sterblich Wesen mühe dich zu seh'n, was folgt

Menander, Monostichoi, 249
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Transliteration A: sphyrón Transliteration B: sphyron Transliteration C: sfyron Beta Code: sfuro/n

English (LSJ)

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   A ankle, κνῆμαί τε ἰδὲ σφυρά Il.4.147, cf. 518, Hp.Loc. Hom.6; ποδῶν τέτρηνε τένοντε ἐς σφυρὸν ἐκ πτέρνης Il.22.397; ὀρθῷ ἔστασας ἐπὶ σφυρῷ (metaph.) Pi.I.7(6).13; βαίνουσα . . σ. κούφῳ E. Alc.586 (lyr.); μονόχαλα σ., of a horse, Id.IA225 (lyr.); τὸ σ. ἐξεκόκκισε put out his ankle, Ar.Ach.1179; τὸ ἔσχατον ἀντικνημίου σ. Arist.HA494a10; σ. Ἰφίκλειον the ankle of Iphiclus (the runner), Call.Aet.3.1.46.    II metaph., the lower part or edge, foothills, of a mountain, ἐν Παλίου σφυροῖς Pi.P.2.46, cf. AP6.114 (Simm.), 7.501 (Pers.), Nonn.D.1.165, etc.; Λιβύας ἄκρον σφυρόν the very furthest part of Libya, Theoc.16.77; σ. νήσων Musae.45; ὕλης Nonn.D.2.1.