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ἀστράγαλος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀστράγαλος ἀστραγάλου

Structure: ἀστραγαλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. one of the vertebrae, especially of the neck
  2. the ball of the ankle joint
  3. (in the plural) dice, or a game played with them
  4. a moulding in the capital of an Ionic column
  5. a leguminous plant
  6. 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.

Examples

  • διότι ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐξεγείρω ποιμένα ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν. τὸ ἐκλιμπάνον οὐ μὴ ἐπισκέψηται καὶ τὸ ἐσκορπισμένον οὐ μὴ ζητήσῃ καὶ τὸ συντετριμμένον οὐ μὴ ἰάσηται καὶ τὸ ὁλόκληρον οὐ μὴ κατευθύνῃ καὶ τὰ κρέα τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν καταφάγεται καὶ τούσ ἀστραγάλουσ αὐτῶν ἐκστρέψει. (Septuagint, Prophetia Zachariae 11:16)
  • ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳ ἐξῆλθον δάκτυλοι χειρὸσ ἀνθρώπου καὶ ἔγραφον κατέναντι τῆσ λαμπάδοσ ἐπὶ τὸ κονίαμα τοῦ τοίχου τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ βασιλέωσ, καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺσ ἐθεώρει τοὺσ ἀστραγάλουσ τῆσ χειρὸσ τῆσ γραφούσησ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 5:5)
  • διὰ τοῦτο ἐκ προσώπου αὐτοῦ ἀπεστάλη ἀστράγαλοσ χειρὸσ καὶ τὴν γραφὴν ταύτην ἐνέταξε. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 5:24)
  • Ἔχεισ κἀνταῦθα τὸν συμπαιξόμενόν σοι τουτονὶ τὸν Ἔρωτα καὶ ἀστραγάλουσ μάλα πολλούσ. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 6:5)
  • ἔτι καὶ βασιλέα μόνον ἐφ̓ ἁπάντων γενέσθαι τῷ ἀστραγάλῳ κρατήσαντα, ὡσ μήτε ἐπιταχθείησ γελοῖα ἐπιτάγματα καὶ αὐτὸσ ἐπιτάττειν ἔχοισ, τῷ μὲν αἰσχρόν τι περὶ αὐτοῦ ἀναβοῆσαι, τῷ δὲ γυμνὸν ὀρχήσασθαι καὶ ἀράμενον τὴν αὐλητρίδα τρὶσ τὴν οἰκίαν περιελθεῖν, πῶσ οὐχὶ καὶ ταῦτα δείγματα μεγαλοδωρίασ τῆσ ἐμῆσ; (Lucian, Saturnalia, 4:5)
  • ἄκρα δ’ ἐπ’ αὐτᾶσ βαθμῖδοσ προπεσὼν κέκλιται ἀστράγαλοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 4282)
  • ἀλλὰ τί σοι παίγνιον ἀστράγαλοσ; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 428 1:2)
  • θνάσκειν δὲ πεσόντα οἰνοβρεχῆ, προπετὴσ ἐννέπει ἀστράγαλοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 428 3:2)
  • ἐκεῖνοι γὰρ ἰώμενοι Δαρεῖον τὸν Πέρσην, ὡσ ἔτυχεν αὐτῷ πεσόντι ἀπὸ τοῦ ἵππου μεταχωρήσασ ὁ ἀστράγαλοσ, οὐχ οἱοῖ́ τε ἦσαν ἰᾶσθαι κατὰ τὴν αὑτῶν τέχνην, ἀλλ̓ εἰσ ἀγρυπνίασ τε καὶ ἀλγηδόνασ δεινὰσ ἐνέβαλον αὐτόν, ἕλκοντεσ καὶ βιαζόμενοι τὸ ἄρθρον. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, speech 60 18:2)

Synonyms

  1. dice

  2. a moulding in the capital of an Ionic column

  3. a measure used by physicians

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