- μασχάλη
- μασχάλ-η [χᾰ], ἡ,A arm-pit,
ὑπὸ μασχάλῃ h.Merc.242
, etc.; in pl., Ar.Ach.852, Ec.60; μασχάλην αἴρειν, = κωθωνίζεσθαι, Cratin.298;οἰνωμένος μ. ἆραι Ael.Ep.15
; of animals,λύκοι νεβρὸν φέρουσιν ἀμφὶ μασχάλαις A.Fr.39
; μ. τῶν ἐμπροσθίων σκελῶν, of elephants, Arist. PA688b5.II in trees and plants, hollow at base of a shoot, axil, Thphr.CP1.6.4; hence, branch, Id.HP3.15.1.2 young palm-twigs for making baskets or ropes, Hsch.3 part of the olive-leaf, Id.; of the leaf of ἀνδρόσαιμον, Dsc.3.156.III bay, Str.6.2.3.2 corner,ἁ βυβλίνα μ. Tab.Heracl.1.92
.IV in a ship, the part of the πρῷρα to which the ἀρτέμων is fastened, Hsch.V part of a dirigible χελώνη, Ath.Mech.34.5.
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