ἀγκύλη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῠ], ἡ, ([[ἄγκος]]) properly, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> like [[ἀγκάλη]], [[bend]] of the [[arm]] or [[bend]] of the [[wrist]], ἀπ' ἀγκύλης [[ἱέναι]], a phrase descriptive of the way in which the [[cottabus]] was thrown, B.<span class="title">Fr.</span>13.2, cf. Hsch.; ἀπ ἀγκύλης ἵησι λάταγας <span class="bibl">Cratin.273</span>; wrongly expl. as [[cup]], <span class="bibl">Ath.11.782d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[bend]] of the [[knee]], [[ham]], <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Im.</span>2.6</span>, Sch.<span class="bibl">Il.23.726</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[joint]] [[bent]] and [[stiffen]]ed by [[disease]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Liqu.</span>6</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Poll.4.196</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[loop]], [[noose]], πλεκτὰς ἀγκύλας <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1408</span>; in the leash of a hound, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>6.1</span>; in [[bandage]]s, Gal.18(1).790; in torsion-engines, <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Bel.</span>83.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[amentum]], [[thong]] of a [[javelin]], by which it was [[hurl]]ed, <span class="bibl">Str.4.4.3</span>; hence, [[the javelin]] itself, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1476</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Phil.</span>6</span>; δι' ἀγκυλῶν ἱππόται <span class="bibl">Them. <span class="title">Or.</span>21.256d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[bow]]-[[string]], ἀγκύλαι χρυσόστροφοι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>203</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[ἀγκύλη τῆς ἐμβάδος]] = [[sandal]]-[[thong]], <span class="bibl">Alex.31</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[curtain]]-[[ring]], [[hook]], <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Ex.</span>38.18</span> (<span class="bibl">36.34</span>), al.; [[hook]] for a [[door]], <span class="title">IG</span>11(2).165.11, al. (Delos, iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> [[side]]s of the [[κεραία]], <span class="bibl">Poll.1.91</span>.</span>