ἄγκιστρον
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
τό
A, (ἄγκος) fish-hook, Od.4.369, Hdt.2.70, etc.; hook of a spindle, Pl.R.616c; surgical instrument, Philum.Ven.2.6, Cael. Aur.TP5.1; generally, hook, D.C.60.35.
German (Pape)
[Seite 15] τό, Angelhaken, γναμπτά, Od. 4, 369. 12, 332; – γυρόν Philip. 22 (VI, 39); καθιέναι Plut. Symp. 8, 8, 3; übh. Haken, z. B. an der Spindel, Plat. Rep. X, 616 c. Uebertr. ἄγκ. σαρκοφαγίας ἐκβάλλειν Plut. de esu carn. 2, 1; ὁ πόνος ἄγκιστρα καὶ ῥίζας διασπείρων καὶ συμπλεκόμενος σαρκί Non posse 3 M.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἄγκιστρον: τό, (ἄγκος), ἀγκίστριον πρὸς ἄγραν ἰχθύων, Ὀδ. Δ. 369, Ἡρόδ. 2. 70, κτλ.· τὸ ἄγκιστρον ἀτράκτου· Πλάτ. Πολ. 616C.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (τό) :
crochet d’hameçon, hameçon.
Étymologie: ἄγκος.
English (Autenrieth)
English (Abbott-Smith)
ἄγκιστρον, -ου, τό (< ἄγκος, a bend), [in LXX חַכָּה, etc.;]
a fish-hook: Mt 17:27. †
