ἄρθρον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, (ἀραρίσκω) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[joint]], <span class="bibl">Emp.17.22</span>, etc.; ἄρθρων πόνοι <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Aph.</span>3.31</span>, al.; ἅπαν κατ' ἄρθρον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>769</span>; <b class="b3">κρᾶτα καὶ ἄρθρα</b> the head and [[joints of the neck]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1208</span> (lyr., codd.); esp. <b class="b2">the socket of the ankle-joint</b>, ὁ ἀστράγαλος ἐξεχώρησε ἐκ τῶν ἄ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.129</span>; in Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span> I, al., [[ball]] of a joint, opp. [[socket]] (κοτύλη), cf. Gal.18(2).487 (but [[socket]] in <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Loc.Hom.</span>6</span>); μάρψας ποδός νιν ἄρθρον ᾗ λυγίζεται <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>779</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>1202</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> generally, of [[limbs]], etc., esp. in pl., <b class="b3">ἄ. ποδοῖν</b> the ankles, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span>718</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1032</span>; of the legs, βραδύπουν ἤλυσιν ἄρθρων προτιθεῖσα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>67</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἄ. τῶν κύκλων</b> eyes, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1270</span>; <b class="b3">ἄ. στόματος</b> the mouth, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>625</span>; θέναρ διῃρημένον ἄρθροις [[lines]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>493b33</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ἄ</b>. alone, [[genitals]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.87</span>, <span class="bibl">4.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>504b23</span>, al; <b class="b3">τὰ ἐντὸς ἄ</b>. the internal [[organs]], Mnesith. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.8.38.7</span>: metaph., ἄ. τᾶν φρενῶν <span class="bibl">Epich.250</span>: in sg., <b class="b3">ἄρθρον τῆς φωνῆς</b> vocal [[articulation]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>536a3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Gramm., [[connecting word]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Po.</span>1457a6</span>; esp. of the [[article]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Rh.Al.</span>1435a35</span>, <span class="bibl">Chrysipp.Stoic.2.45</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Th.</span>37</span>, al.</span>