λαγών: Difference between revisions

|Definition=-όνος, ἡ, also ὁ, Hp.''Int.''25, Aret.''SD''2.11: ([[λαγαρός]]):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[the hollow on each side below the ribs]], [[flank]], Hp. l. c., Ar.''V.''119†, Chaerem. 14.3, Arist.''HA''493a18, al.: freq. in plural [[λαγόνες]], [[flanks]], Batr.222, E. ''IT''298, Ar.''Ra.''662, etc.; <b class="b3">λαγόνων ὀστᾶ</b> [[iliac]] bones, Gal.2.507, cf. 772; prop. of men, but also of animals, E.''El.''826, X.''Cyn.''4.1, 5.10, Theoc. 25.246; θύννου λαγόνες Antiph.132.5 (anap.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> pl., in later Greek, [[womb]], Naumach. ap. Stob.4.22.32, <b class="b3">λύσις αἰνίγματος</b> ap.Arg.E. ''Ph.''<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., any [[hollow]], <b class="b3">κοίλη λ.</b> [[hollow]] of a cup, Eub.43; λαγόνεσσι φαρέτρης ''AP''6.326 (Leon. Alex.); πρός τινι λ. τοῦ κρημνοῦ Plu.''Arat.''22; especially of a mountain, [[flank]], D.H.3.24, 9.23, Cleom.1.8, Call.''Fr.''185 (pl.); [[bank]] of a river, λαιᾷ ποταμοῦ… λαγόνι ''AP''6.287 (Antip.); [[sides]] of a grave, ''IG''14.2001; [[χθόνιαι]] ib.7.117 (Megara).