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|Definition=ῶνος, ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[bend]] of the [[arm]], hence, [[elbow]], ὀρθωθεὶς δ' ε'π' ἀγκῶνος Il.10.80; ἦ, καὶ ἐπ' ἀγκῶνος κεφαλὴν σχέθεν Od.14.494; ἀγκῶνα τυχὼν μέσον Il.5.582, cf. 20.479; ἀγκῶνι [[νύττειν]] = to [[nudge]], Od.14.485, cf. Pl.Riv.132b; κροτεῖν τοῖς ἀγκῶσιν τὰς πλευράς D.54.9; [[proverb|prov.]], [[ἀγκῶνι ἀπομύττεσθαι]] = wipe one's nose with one's elbow, Bionap.D.L.4.46; ἐπ' ἀγκῶνος [[δειπνεῖν]] = dine on the elbow, of the [[attitude]] at [[meal]]s, Luc.Lex.6.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[arm]], Νίκας ἐν ἀγκώνεσσι πίτνειν Pi.N.5.42; ἐς δ' ὑγρὸν ἀγκῶνα . . προσπτύσσεται S.Ant.1237, etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[bend]] in [[animal]]s' [[leg]]s, X.Cyn.4.1.<br><span class="bld">II</span> any [[nook]] or [[bend]], as the [[angle]] of a [[wall]], ἀγκὼν τείχεος Il.16.702, cf. Hdt.1.180; [[bend]], [[bay]] of a [[river]], Id.2.99; ἕσπεροι ἀγκῶνες S.Aj.805; [[headland]]s which [[form]] a [[bay]], Str.12.8.19; [[ἀγκῶνες κιθάρας]] [[rib]]s which [[support]] the [[horn]]s of the [[cithara]], Semus I, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]; [[end]]s of [[stomach]]-[[bow]], Hero Bel.78.4; [[arms]] of [[torsion]]-[[engine]], Ph.Bel.53.40, al., HeroBel.81.9; [[cross-bar]] of same, Bito 49.12; [[arm]] of throne or chair, [[LXX]] 2 Ch.9.18, Cael.Aur. TP2.1; perhaps [[clamp]], PPetr.3p.144.<br><span class="bld">2</span> kind of [[vase]], Artem.1.74, cf. Sammelb.4292.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[proverb|prov.]], [[γλυκὺς ἀγκών]] used [[κατ' ἀντίφρασιν]] of a [[difficulty]], Pl.Phdr.257d, Clearch.6; expl. by Sch.Pl. l. c., Zen.2.92, Ath.12.516a, from a [[long]] [[bend]] or [[reach]] in the [[Nile]]; but apptly. = [[παραγκάλισμα]], thing to be [[embrace]]d, [[treasure]], Pl Com.178; also = [[ἀβρότονον]], Dsc.3.24. (For the Root v. [[ἄγκος]].)