ἀστράγαλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ρᾰ], ὁ, (v. [[ὀστέον]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> one of the [[vertebra]]e, especially of the [[neck]], Il.14.466, Od.11.65, ''AP''7.632 (Diod.); [[votive]] [[object]], ''IG''5 (2).125 (Tegea, ii A. D.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[ball of the ankle joint]] (not to be confused with [[σφυρόν]], Ruf.''Onom.''124), Hdt.3.129; in horses, X.''Eq.''1.15; of various animals, Hp.''Int.''20,30.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">οἱ μὲν πόδες ἀστράγαλοί τευ</b>, as a [[compliment]], i.e. [[well-turned]], Theoc.10.36.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[wrist]], [[LXX]] ''Da.''5.5,24.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> pl., [[ἀστράγαλοι]] = [[knucklebones]] used as [[dice]] or a [[game]] [[play]]ed with [[dice]], ἀμφ' ἀστραγάλοισι χολωθείς Il.23.88, cf. Hdt.1.94, Menecr.Com.1D.; ἀστράγαλοι διάσειστοι Aeschin.1.59, cf. Men. 423; <b class="b3">ἀστράγαλοι μεμολιβδωμένοι</b> [[loaded]] [[dice]], Arist.''Pr.''913a36, cf. Eust.1397.34; later, [[dice]] proper, ἀντ' ἀστραγάλων κονδύλοισι παίζετε Pherecr. 43.<br><span class="bld">V</span> ἡ ἐκ τῶν ἀστραγάλων [[μάστιξ]] = [[scourge]] of strung [[bone]]s, Luc. ''Asin.''38; cf. [[ἀστραγαλωτός]].<br><span class="bld">VI</span> [[moulding]] in the [[capital]] of the [[Ionic]] [[column]], ''IG''1.322, Vitr.3.5.7.<br><span class="bld">VII</span> [[milk vetch]], [[Orobus niger]], Dsc.4.61, Gal.11.841.<br><span class="bld">VIII</span> [[prism of wood]], Aen.Tact.31.17, al.<br><span class="bld">IX</span> [[earring]], ξύλινοι ἀστράγαλοι Anacr.21.4.