ἄγκαθεν
From LSJ
ἐπέμψατε ἀγγέλους τοῖς ἀλλήλοις ὥστε ἔγνωτε τὸν κίνδυνον → you sent messengers to one another so that you knew the danger
English (LSJ)
Adv.
A in the arms, ἄ. λαβεῖν τι A.Eu.80. 2 resting on the elbows, A.Ag.3; also expl. as contr. for ἀνέκαθεν, = ἄνωθεν, on the top, cf. Sch. ad l. c., Hsch., AB337.
German (Pape)
[Seite 14] 1) = ἀγκάς, βρέτας ἄγκ. λαβών, in die Arme fassend, Aesch. Eum. 80. – 2) = ἀνέκαθεν, Aesch. Ag. 3, von oben, wo es aber auch ist: auf den Ellnbogen gestützt.