σφυρόν: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[ankle]], κνῆμαί τε ἰδὲ σφυρά <span class="bibl">Il.4.147</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">518</span>, Hp.<span class="title">Loc. Hom.</span>6; ποδῶν τέτρηνε τένοντε ἐς σφυρὸν ἐκ πτέρνης <span class="bibl">Il.22.397</span>; <b class="b3">ὀρθῷ ἔστασας ἐπὶ σφυρῷ</b> (metaph.) <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>7(6).13</span>; βαίνουσα . . σ. κούφῳ <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Alc.</span>586</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">μονόχαλα σ</b>., of a horse, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">IA</span>225</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">τὸ σ. ἐξεκόκκισε</b> [[put out]] his ankle, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>1179</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ἔσχατον ἀντικνημίου σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>494a10</span>; <b class="b3">σ. Ἰφίκλειον</b> the [[ankle]] of Iphiclus (the runner), <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Aet.</span>3.1.46</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[the lower part]] or [[edge]], [[foothills]], of a mountain, ἐν Παλίου σφυροῖς <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>2.46</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span>6.114 (Simm.), 7.501 (Pers.), <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>1.165</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">Λιβύας ἄκρον σφυρόν</b> the very [[furthest part]] of Libya, <span class="bibl">Theoc.16.77</span>; σ. νήσων <span class="bibl">Musae.45</span>; ὕλης <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>2.1</span>.</span>