noose

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διὸ καὶ μεταλάττουσι τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν εἰς τὴν παρὰ φύσιν αἱ δοκοῦσαι παρθένοι τῶν εἰδώλων → therefore those professing to be virgins of the idols even change the natural use into the unnatural (Origen, commentary on Romans 1:26)

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

P. and V. βρόχος, ὁ (Dem. 744). V. αἰώρα, ἡ, ἀρτάνη, ἡ; see also rope.

Met., noose for hanging: Ar. and V. ἀγχόνη, ἡ (rare P.).