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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

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

  • ε καὶ μετέβαλεν ὁ Θεὸσ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ βασιλέωσ εἰσ πραΰτητα, καὶ ἀγωνιάσασ ἀνεπήδησεν ἀπὸ τοῦ θρόνου αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀνέλαβεν αὐτὴν ἐπὶ τὰσ ἀγκάλασ αὐτοῦ, μέχρισ οὗ κατέστη, καὶ παρεκάλει αὐτὴν λόγοισ εἰρηνικοῖσ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 5:6)
  • δὸσ τούσδε τύμβῳ καὶ περίστειλον νεκροὺσ δακρύοισι τιμῶν ‐ ἐμὲ γὰρ οὐκ ἐᾷ νόμοσ ‐ πρὸσ στέρν’ ἐρείσασ μητρὶ δούσ τ’ ἐσ ἀγκάλασ, κοινωνίαν δύστηνον, ἣν ἐγὼ τάλασ διώλεσ’ ἄκων. (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric 4:14)
  • ἰὼ γύναι, πόθεν πόθεν ἔλαβεσ ἐμὸν βρέφοσ ἐσ ἀγκάλασ; (Euripides, Ion, episode, lyric8)
  • ἐπεὶ δ’ ἔτικτεσ τόνδε παῖδα κἀπέθου ἐν σπαργάνοισιν, ἁρπάσαντ’ ἐσ ἀγκάλασ Ἑρμῆν κελεύει δεῦρο πορθμεῦσαι βρέφοσ, ἔθρεψέ τ’ οὐδ’ εἰάσεν ἐκπνεῦσαι βίον. (Euripides, Ion, episode, iambic 3:13)
  • δοῦναι κελεύσω πορθμίδ’, ᾗ καθήσομαι κόσμον τάφῳ σῷ πελαγίουσ ἐσ ἀγκάλασ. (Euripides, Helen, episode, dialogue 17:25)

Synonyms

  1. the bent arm

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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