ἀγχόνη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, (ἄγχω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">strangling, hanging</b>, ἀγχόνης . . τέρματα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>746</span>; <b class="b3">ἔργα κρείσσον' ἀγχόνης</b> deeds too bad for <b class="b2">hanging</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1374</span>; <b class="b3">τάδ' ἀγχόνης πέλας</b> 'tis nigh as bad as <b class="b2">hanging</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>246</span>; ταῦτ' οὐχὶ . . ἀγχόνης ἔστ' ἄξια <b class="b2">;</b> <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ba.</span>246</span>; ταῦτα . . οὐκ ἀ. <b class="b2">;</b> <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>125</span>; οἱ δ' ἀγχόνην ἥψαντο <span class="bibl">Semon.1.18</span>: rare in Prose, ἀ. καὶ λύπη <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.38</span>:— in pl., ἐν ἀγχόναις θάνατον λαβεῖν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>200</span>, cf. ib.<span class="bibl">299</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HF</span>154</span>; αἱ ἀ. μάλιστα τοῖς νέοις <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>954b35</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> = [[μανδραγόρα]], Ps.-Dsc. 4.75.</span>