ἀστράγαλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ρᾰ], ὁ, (v. [[ὀστέον]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> one of the [[vertebra]]e, especially of the [[neck]], <span class="bibl">Il.14.466</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.11.65</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>7.632 (Diod.); [[votive]] [[object]], <span class="title">IG</span>5 (2).125 (Tegea, ii A. D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[ball of the ankle joint]] (not to be confused with [[σφυρόν]], <span class="bibl">Ruf.<span class="title">Onom.</span>124</span>), <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.129</span>; in horses, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1.15</span>; of various animals, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Int.</span>20</span>,<span class="bibl">30</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">οἱ μὲν πόδες ἀστράγαλοί τευ</b>, as a [[compliment]], i.e. [[well-turned]], <span class="bibl">Theoc.10.36</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[wrist]], <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Da.</span>5.5</span>,<span class="bibl">24</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> pl., [[ἀστράγαλοι]] = [[knucklebones]] used as [[dice]] or a [[game]] [[play]]ed with [[dice]], ἀμφ' ἀστραγάλοισι χολωθείς <span class="bibl">Il.23.88</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.94</span>, Menecr.Com.<span class="bibl">1D.</span>; ἀστράγαλοι διάσειστοι <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.59</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Men. 423</span>; <b class="b3">ἀστράγαλοι μεμολιβδωμένοι</b> [[loaded]] [[dice]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>913a36</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Eust.1397.34</span>; later, [[dice]] proper, ἀντ' ἀστραγάλων κονδύλοισι παίζετε <span class="bibl">Pherecr. 43</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> ἡ ἐκ τῶν ἀστραγάλων [[μάστιξ]] = [[scourge]] of strung [[bone]]s, <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Asin.</span>38</span>; cf. [[ἀστραγαλωτός]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VI</span> [[moulding]] in the [[capital]] of the [[Ionic]] [[column]], <span class="title">IG</span>1.322, Vitr.3.5.7. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VII</span> [[milk vetch]], [[Orobus niger]], Dsc.4.61, Gal.11.841. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VIII</span> [[prism of wood]], <span class="bibl">Aen.Tact.31.17</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IX</span> [[earring]], ξύλινοι ἀστράγαλοι <span class="bibl">Anacr.21.4</span>.</span>