ἄρθρον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, ([[ἀραρίσκω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[joint]], Emp.17.22, etc.; ἄρθρων πόνοι Hp. ''Aph.''3.31, al.; ἅπαν κατ' ἄρθρον S.''Tr.''769; [[κρᾶτα καὶ ἄρθρα]] = [[the head and joints of the neck]], Id.''Ph.''1208 (lyr., codd.); esp. the [[socket of the ankle-joint]], ὁ [[ἀστράγαλος]] ἐξεχώρησε ἐκ τῶν ἄρθρων [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.129; in Hp.''Art.'' I, al., [[ball]] of a [[joint]], opp. [[socket]] ([[κοτύλη]]), cf. Gal.18(2).487 (but [[socket]] in Hp.''Loc.Hom.''6); μάρψας ποδός νιν ἄρθρον ᾗ λυγίζεται S.''Tr.''779, cf. ''Ph.''1202 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, of [[limbs]], etc., especially in plural, [[ἄρθρα ποδοῖν]] the [[ankle]]s, Id.''OT''718, cf. 1032; of the legs, [[βραδύπους|βραδύπουν]] ἤλυσιν ἄρθρων προτιθεῖσα E.''Hec.''67 (lyr.); [[ἄρθρα τῶν κύκλων]] = [[eye]]s, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''1270; [[ἄρθρα στόματος]] = the [[mouth]], E.''Cyc.''625; [[θέναρ]] διῃρημένον ἄρθροις [[lines]], Arist.''HA''493b33; [[τὰ ἄρθρα]] alone, [[genitals]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.87, 4.2, Arist.''HA''504b23, al; [[τὰ ἐντὸς ἄρθρα]]