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ἀγκύλος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγκύλος ἀγκύλη ἀγκύλον

Structure: ἀγκυλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)/gkos

Sense

  1. crooked, curved, rounded
  2. intricate
  3. wily, crafty

Examples

  • ἐκάλουν δ’ ἀπ’ ἀγκύλησ τὴν τοῦ κοττάβου πρόεσιν διὰ τὸ ἐπαγκυλοῦν τὴν δεξιὰν χεῖρα ἐν τοῖσ ἀποκοτταβισμοῖσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 5 1:1)
  • εὖτε τὴν ἀπ’ ἀγκύλησ ἱήσι τοῖσδε τοῖσ νεανίαισ, λευκὸν ἀντείνασα πῆχυν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 5 1:4)
  • ἀλλ’ ἴσον ἴσῳ μάλιστ’ ἀκράτου δύο χοᾶσ πίνουσ1’ ἀπ’ ἀγκύλησ ἐπονομάζουσ1’· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 224)
  • ἀγκύλησ ἱήσι τοῖσ νεανίαισ,2 λευκὸν ἀντείνασα πῆχυν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 22 1:3)
  • ἀλλ’ ἀπὸ ἀγκύλησ ἤτοι τῆσ δεξιᾶσ χειρόσ, καὶ ἡ κύλιξ δὲ ἡ ἀγκύλη διὰ τὸ ἐπαγκυλοῦν τὴν δεξιὰν χεῖρα ἐν τῇ προέσει. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 22 1:6)

Synonyms

  1. crooked

  2. intricate

  3. wily

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