ἄρκυς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(ἅρκυς Et.Gen., cf. Paus.Gr.Fr.73), υος, ἡ: pl., nom. and acc., ἄρκυες, ἄρκυας, Att. acc. [[ἄρκυς]] (v. infr.):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[net]], [[hunter's net]], A.Ag.1116, Ch.1000: more freq. in plural, ἐξ ἀρκύων πέπτωκεν Id.Eu.147 (lyr.); ἀρκύων [[μολεῖν]] ἔσω E.Cyc.196; [[ἄρκυς ἱστάναι]] = to [[set nets]], X.Cyn.6.5; διωκόμενον τὸν λαγὼ εἰς τὰς ἄρκυς ib.10; πλεξάμενος ἄρκυς Ar.Lys. 790: metaph., [[ἄρκυες ξίφους]] = the [[toil]]s, i. e. [[peril]]s, of the [[sword]], E.Med. 1278.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[woman's hair-net]], Hsch.