noose
Ὦ τύμβος, ὦ νυμφεῖον, ὦ κατασκαφής οἴκησις αἰείφρουρος, οἷ πορεύομαι πρὸς τοὺς ἐμαυτῆς -> Tomb, bridal chamber, eternal prison in the caverned rock, whither I go to find mine own.
Sophocles, Antigone, 883English > Greek (Woodhouse)
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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.).
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