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ἀγκάλη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγκάλη ἀγκάλης

Structure: ἀγκαλ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: a)/gkos

Sense

  1. the bent arm
  2. (figuratively) anything closely enfolding

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀγκάλη ἀγκάλᾱ ἀγκάλαι
Genitive ἀγκάλης ἀγκάλαιν ἀγκαλῶν
Dative ἀγκάλῃ ἀγκάλαιν ἀγκάλαις
Accusative ἀγκάλην ἀγκάλᾱ ἀγκάλᾱς
Vocative ἀγκάλη ἀγκάλᾱ ἀγκάλαι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • μὴ πολὺσ ἴσθι πρὸσ ἀλλοτρίαν, μηδὲ συνέχου ἀγκάλαισ τῆσ μὴ ἰδίασ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 5:20)
  • ἔφερε δὲ ὁ ἐπέραστοσ ἐν ταῖσ ἀγκάλαισ ἀθυρμάτιον ἄρκτου σκύλακα τὸ λάσιον αὐτῷ προσεοικότα. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, doris and galataea, chapter 51)
  • καὶ τῶνδε μισθὸν παῖδ’ ἔχουσ’ ἐν ἀγκάλαισ θρηνῶ· (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, antistrophe 1 3:4)
  • τοῖν νεογνοῖν δὲ τὸ μὲν ἄνω ἔχει αὐτὴ ἐν ταῖσ ἀγκάλαισ καὶ τρέφει ἀνθρωπικῶσ ἐπέχουσα τὸν γυναικεῖον μαστόν, τὸ δ̓ ἕτερον ἐκ τῆσ ἵππου θηλάζει ἐσ τὸν πωλικὸν τρόπον· (Lucian, Zeuxis 7:2)
  • ὁρᾷσ τὸν ὑψοῦ τόνδ’ ἄπειρον αἰθέρα, καὶ γῆν πέριξ ἔχονθ’ ὑγραῖσ ἐν ἀγκάλαισ; (Plutarch, Ad principem ineruditum, chapter, section 3 4:4)

Synonyms

  1. the bent arm

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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