ἀγκών: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ῶνος, ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[bend of the arm]], hence, [[elbow]], ὀρθωθεὶς δ' ε'π' ἀγκῶνος <span class="bibl">Il.10.80</span>; ἦ, καὶ ἐπ' ἀγκῶνος κεΦαλὴν σχέθεν <span class="bibl">Od.14.494</span>; ἀγκῶνα τυχὼν μέσον <span class="bibl">Il.5.582</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">20.479</span>; <b class="b3">ἀγκῶνι νύττειν</b> to nudge, <span class="bibl">Od.14.485</span>, cf. Pl.<span class="title">Riv.</span>132b; κροτεῖν τοῖς ἀγκῶσιν τὰς πλευράς <span class="bibl">D.54.9</span>; prov., <b class="b3">ἀγκῶνι ἀπομύττεσθαι</b> Bionap.<span class="bibl">D.L.4.46</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἀγκῶνος δειπνεῖν</b>, of the attitude at meals, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Lex.</span>6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[arm]], Νίκας ἐν ἀγκώνεσσι πίτνειν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>5.42</span>; ἐς δ' ὑγρὸν ἀγκῶνα . . προσπτύσσεται <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1237</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[bend]] in animals' legs, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>4.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">any nook</b> or [[bend]], as the [[angle]] of a wall, ἀγκὼν τείχεος <span class="bibl">Il.16.702</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.180</span>; [[bend]], [[bay]] of a river, <span class="bibl">Id.2.99</span>; ἕσπεροι ἀγκῶνες <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>805</span>; [[headlands which form a bay]], <span class="bibl">Str.12.8.19</span>; <b class="b3">ἀγκῶνες κιθάρας</b> [[ribs which support the horns]] of the cithara, Semus I, Hsch.; [[ends]] of stomach-bow, <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Bel.</span>78.4</span>; [[arms]] of torsion-engine, <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>53.40</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Hero<span class="title">Bel.</span>81.9</span>; <b class="b2">cross-bar</b> of same, <span class="bibl">Bito 49.12</span>; [[arm]] of throne or chair, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">2 Ch.</span>9.18</span>, Cael.Aur. <span class="title">TP</span>2.1; perh. [[clamp]], PPetr.3p.144. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> kind of [[vase]], <span class="bibl">Artem.1.74</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span>4292</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> prov., <b class="b3">γλυκὺς ἀ</b>. used <b class="b3">κατ' ἀντίΦρασιν</b> of a difficulty, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>257d</span>, <span class="bibl">Clearch.6</span>; expl. by Sch.Pl. l. c., <span class="bibl">Zen.2.92</span>, <span class="bibl">Ath.12.516a</span>, from <b class="b2">a long bend</b> or [[reach]] in the Nile; but apptly. = [[παραγκάλισμα]], <b class="b2">thing to be embraced, treasure</b>, Pl Com.<span class="bibl">178</span>; also = [[ἀβρότονον]], Dsc.3.24. (For the Root v. [[ἄγκος]].) </span>