ἀγκάλη?
First declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration: ankalē
Principal Part:
ἀγκάλη
ἀγκάλης
Structure:
ἀγκαλ
(Stem)
+
η
(Ending)
Sense
- the bent arm
- (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.
- καὶ ἀνέστη μέσης τῆς νυκτὸς καὶ ἔλαβε τὸν υἱόν μου ἐκ τῶν ἀγκαλῶν μου καὶ ἐκοίμισεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ κόλπῳ αὐτῆς καὶ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς τὸν τεθνηκότα ἐκοίμισεν ἐν τῷ κόλπῳ μου. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 3:20)
- 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)
- ἐκεῖνο δὲ παραμύθιον οὐ μικρὸν ἔσται αὐτῇ, ὅτι μετ᾿ ὀλίγον τὰ αὐτὰ καὶ ἡ Ἰνὼ πείσεται καὶ ἐμπεσεῖται ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἀθάμαντος διωκομένη ἐς τὸ πέλαγος ἀπ᾿ ἄκρου τοῦ Κιθαιρῶνος, καθ᾿ ὅπερ καθήκει ἐς τὴν θάλατταν, ἔχουσα καὶ τὸν υἱὸν ἐπὶ τῆς ἀγκάλης. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, poseidon and nereides, chapter 1 2:1)
- καὶ τῶνδε μισθὸν παῖδ ἔχους ἐν ἀγκάλαις θρηνῶ: (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, antistrophe 1 3:4)
- 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)
