ἀγκύλη: Difference between revisions

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