ἀστράγαλος
Second declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἀστράγαλος
ἀστραγάλου
Structure:
ἀστραγαλ
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)
Sense
- one of the vertebrae, especially of the neck
- the ball of the ankle joint
- (in the plural) dice, or a game played with them
- a moulding in the capital of an Ionic column
- a leguminous plant
- a measure used by physicians
Declension
Second 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.
- ἔτι δὲ μικρὸσ ὢν ἔπαιζεν ἀστραγάλοισ ἐν τῷ στενωπῷ, τῆσ δὲ βολῆσ καθηκούσησ εἰσ αὐτὸν ἅμαξα φορτίων ἐπῄει. (Plutarch, , chapter 2 2:4)
- "εἰσ τοῦτο δὲ προέβησαν ἀσελγείασ, ὥστε καὶ κυβεύειν ἠξίωσαν πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ περὶ τῶν γυναικῶν τῶν ἐλευθέρων καὶ διωμολογοῦντο τοὺσ ἐλάττω τοῖσ ἀστραγάλοισ βάλλοντασ ἥντινα χρὴ τῶν πολιτίδων τῷ νικῶντι εἰσ συνουσίαν ἀγαγεῖν, οὐδεμίαν ὑπεξαιρούμενοι πρόφασιν, ἀλλ’ ὅπωσ ἕκαστοσ εἰή δυνατὸσ πείθων ἢ βιαζόμενοσ, οὕτω προστάττοντεσ ἄγειν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 63 2:2)
- Διονύσιοσ δ’ ὁ τύραννοσ ἐκέλευε τοὺσ μὲν παῖδασ ἀστραγάλοισ τοὺσ δ’ ἄνδρασ ὁρ́κοισ ἐξαπατᾶν. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 1, section 9 4:1)
- Διονύσιοσ δ’ ὁ τύραννοσ ἐκέλευε τοὺσ μὲν παῖδασ ἀστραγάλοισ τοὺσ δ’ ἄνδρασ ὁρ́κοισ ἐξαπατᾶν. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 1, section 94)
- "τοὺσ μὲν παῖδασ ἀστραγάλοισ δεῖ ἐξαπατᾶν, τοὺσ δὲ ἄνδρασ ὁρ́κοισ. (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 41)
Synonyms
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dice
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a moulding in the capital of an Ionic column
-
a measure used by physicians
