ἄρθρον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, ([[ἀραρίσκω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[joint]], Emp.17.22, etc.; ἄρθρων πόνοι Hp. ''Aph.''3.31, al.; ἅπαν κατ' ἄρθρον S.''Tr.''769; <b class="b3">κρᾶτα καὶ ἄρθρα</b> [[the head and joints of the neck]], Id.''Ph.''1208 (lyr., codd.); esp. the [[socket of the ankle-joint]], ὁ [[ἀστράγαλος]] ἐξεχώρησε ἐκ τῶν ἄρθρων Hdt.3.129; in Hp.''Art.'' I, al., [[ball]] of a [[joint]], opp. [[socket]] ([[κοτύλη]]), cf. Gal.18(2).487 (but [[socket]] in Hp.''Loc.Hom.''6); μάρψας ποδός νιν ἄρθρον ᾗ λυγίζεται S.''Tr.''779, cf. ''Ph.''1202 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, of [[limbs]], etc., especially in plural, <b class="b3">ἄρθρα ποδοῖν</b> the [[ankle]]s, Id.''OT''718, cf. 1032; of the legs, [[βραδύπους|βραδύπουν]] ἤλυσιν ἄρθρων προτιθεῖσα E.''Hec.''67 (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἄρθρα τῶν κύκλων</b> [[eye]]s, S.''OT''1270; <b class="b3">ἄ. στόματος</b> the mouth, E.''Cyc.''625; θέναρ διῃρημένον ἄρθροις [[lines]], Arist.''HA''493b33; [[τὰ ἄρθρα]] alone, [[genitals]], Hdt.3.87, 4.2, Arist.''HA''504b23, al; <b class="b3">τὰ ἐντὸς ἄρθρα</b> [[the internal organs]], Mnesith. ap. Orib.8.38.7: metaph., ἄρθρα τᾶν φρενῶν Epich.250: in sg., <b class="b3">ἄρθρον τῆς φωνῆς</b> [[vocal]] [[articulation]], Arist.''HA''536a3.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Gramm., [[connecting word]], Id.''Po.''1457a6; especially of the [[article]], Id.''Rh.Al.''1435a35, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.45, D.H.''Th.''37, al.