- ἀγκύλη
- ἀγκύλ-η [ῠ], ἡ, ([etym.] ᾰγκος) properly,A like ἀγκάλη, bend of the arm or wrist, ἀπ ἀγκύλης ἱέναι, a phrase descriptive of the way in which the cottabus was thrown, B.Fr.13.2, cf. Hsch.;
ἀπ ἀγκύλης ζησι λάταγας Cratin.273
; wrongly expl. as cup, Ath.11.782d.2 bend of the knee, ham, Philostr.Im.2.6, Sch.Il.23.726.3 joint bent and stiffened by disease, Hp.Liqu.6, cf.Poll.4.196.II loop, noose,πλεκτὰς ἀγκύλας E.IT1408
; in the leash of a hound, X.Cyn.6.1; in bandages, Gal.18(1).790; in torsion-engines, Hero Bel.83.1.2 thong of a javelin, by which it was hurled, Str.4.4.3; hence, the javelin itself, E.Or.1476, cf. Plu.Phil.6;δι' ἀγκυλῶν ἱππόται Them. Or.21.256d
.3 bow-string,ἀ. χρυσόστροΦοι S.OT203
.4 ἀγκύλη τῆς ἐμβάδος sandal-thong, Alex.31.5 curtain-ring, hook, LXX Ex.38.18 (36.34), al.; hook for a door, IG11(2).165.11, al. (Delos, iii B.C.).6 sides of the κεραία, Poll.1.91.
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