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|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">one of the vertebrae (of the neck), ankle joint; knuckle-bones, dice</b> (Il.). Also a plant, s. DELG Suppl.<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">ἀστραγάλη</b> f. <b class="b2">ds.</b> (Anakr.). <b class="b3">στράγαλος</b> (Vita Aesop. (G) 69, s. LSJ Suppl.)<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἀστραγαλωτός</b> (<b class="b3">μάστιξ</b>) <b class="b2">(whip) made from ἀ.</b> (Crates Com.), <b class="b3">ἀστραγαλωτή</b> a plant (Philum.); s. Schwyzer 503 : 4, Chantr. Form. 305 sect. 243. - <b class="b3">ἀστραγαλῖτις</b> <b class="b2">kind of Iris</b> (Gal.), <b class="b3">ἀστραγαλῖνος</b> <b class="b2">bull-finch</b> (Dionys.). - Denom. <b class="b3">ἀστραγαλίζω</b> <b class="b2">play with a.</b> (Com., Pl.). Hypocoristic <b class="b3">ἄστρις</b> f. = <b class="b3">ἀστράγαλος</b> (Call.); with hypocoristic <b class="b3">χ-</b>Suffix, <b class="b3">ἄστριχος</b> m. (Antiph.), cf. Schwyzer 498.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Generally considered a derivation in <b class="b3">-λ-</b> (Chantr. Form. 247) of the old word for [[bone]] (s.v. <b class="b3">ὀστέον</b>), which was also assumed for <b class="b3">ἀστακός</b> (but s.s.v.) and <b class="b3">ὄστρ-ακον</b>, <b class="b3">ὄστρ-ειον</b> (but see s.v.). The <b class="b3">-γ</b> was compared with the nominative in the Skt. <b class="b2">r-n-</b>stems, e.g. <b class="b2">ásr̥-k</b>, gen. <b class="b2">asn-áḥ</b> [[blood]] (cf. <b class="b3">ἔαρ</b>); cf. Benveniste Orig. 7 and 28. But the word for [[bone]] was not an <b class="b2">r-n-</b>stem and the formation is improbable. It is therefore quite probably a substr. word (Beekes, Devel. 51). Improb. Winter Prothet. Vokal 37ff. - Cf. [[ἀστακός]], [[ὄστρακον]], <b class="b3">ὀστρύς</b>, [[ὀστέον]]. | |etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">one of the vertebrae (of the neck), ankle joint; knuckle-bones, dice</b> (Il.). Also a plant, s. DELG Suppl.<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">ἀστραγάλη</b> f. <b class="b2">ds.</b> (Anakr.). <b class="b3">στράγαλος</b> (Vita Aesop. (G) 69, s. LSJ Suppl.)<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἀστραγαλωτός</b> (<b class="b3">μάστιξ</b>) <b class="b2">(whip) made from ἀ.</b> (Crates Com.), <b class="b3">ἀστραγαλωτή</b> a plant (Philum.); s. Schwyzer 503 : 4, Chantr. Form. 305 sect. 243. - <b class="b3">ἀστραγαλῖτις</b> <b class="b2">kind of Iris</b> (Gal.), <b class="b3">ἀστραγαλῖνος</b> <b class="b2">bull-finch</b> (Dionys.). - Denom. <b class="b3">ἀστραγαλίζω</b> <b class="b2">play with a.</b> (Com., Pl.). Hypocoristic <b class="b3">ἄστρις</b> f. = <b class="b3">ἀστράγαλος</b> (Call.); with hypocoristic <b class="b3">χ-</b>Suffix, <b class="b3">ἄστριχος</b> m. (Antiph.), cf. Schwyzer 498.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Generally considered a derivation in <b class="b3">-λ-</b> (Chantr. Form. 247) of the old word for [[bone]] (s.v. <b class="b3">ὀστέον</b>), which was also assumed for <b class="b3">ἀστακός</b> (but s.s.v.) and <b class="b3">ὄστρ-ακον</b>, <b class="b3">ὄστρ-ειον</b> (but see s.v.). The <b class="b3">-γ</b> was compared with the nominative in the Skt. <b class="b2">r-n-</b>stems, e.g. <b class="b2">ásr̥-k</b>, gen. <b class="b2">asn-áḥ</b> [[blood]] (cf. <b class="b3">ἔαρ</b>); cf. Benveniste Orig. 7 and 28. But the word for [[bone]] was not an <b class="b2">r-n-</b>stem and the formation is improbable. It is therefore quite probably a substr. word (Beekes, Devel. 51). Improb. Winter Prothet. Vokal 37ff. - Cf. [[ἀστακός]], [[ὄστρακον]], <b class="b3">ὀστρύς</b>, [[ὀστέον]]. | ||
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|mdlsjtxt=[deriv. uncertain].]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> one of the [[neck]]-vertebrae, Hom.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> the [[ball]] of the [[ankle]] [[joint]], Lat. [[talus]], Hdt., Theocr.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> pl. ἀστράγαλοι, [[dice]] or agame played with [[dice]], Il., Hdt.:—they were at [[first]] made of [[knuckle]]-bones, and [[never]] had [[more]] [[than]] [[four]] [[flat]] sides, [[whereas]] the κύβοι had six. They played with [[four]]: the [[best]] [[throw]] ([[βόλος]]), [[when]] [[each]] die came [[differently]], was called [[Ἀφροδίτη]], Lat. [[jactus]] [[Veneris]]; the [[worst]], [[when]] all came [[alike]], [[κύων]], Lat. [[canis]]. | |||
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