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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

  • θάργηλον ἀγκάλῃ κυάμων χύτραν φέρει. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 71 6:8)
  • πρῶτα μὲν γὰρ ὀκρίδα φάραγγα βροντῇ καὶ κεραυνίᾳ φλογὶ πατὴρ σπαράξει τήνδε, καὶ κρύψει δέμασ τὸ σόν, πετραία δ’ ἀγκάλη σε βαστάσει. (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode 3:7)
  • καὶ δή κοτε ἀπιούσῃ ἐκ τοῦ ἱροῦ τῇ τροφῷ γυναῖκα λέγεται ἐπιφανῆναι, ἐπιφανεῖσαν δὲ ἐπειρέσθαι μιν ὅ τι φέρει ἐν τῇ ἀγκάλῃ, καὶ τὴν φράσαι ὡσ παιδίον φορέει, τὴν δὲ κελεῦσαί οἱ δέξαι, τὴν δὲ οὐ φάναι· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 6, chapter 61 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. the bent arm

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