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ἀστραγάλισις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀστραγάλισις

Structure: ἀστραγαλισι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a)stragali/zw

Sense

  1. a playing with a)stra/galoi

Examples

  • ἐπεὶ δὲ τὸ νικᾶν ἡδύ, ἀνάγκη καὶ τὰσ παιδιὰσ ἡδείασ εἶναι τὰσ μαχητικὰσ καὶ τὰσ ἐριστικάσ πολλάκισ γὰρ ἐν ταύταισγίγνεται τὸ νικᾶν, καὶ ἀστραγαλίσεισ καὶ σφαιρίσεισ καὶ κυβείασ καὶ πεττείασ. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 11 15:1)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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