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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀστράγαλος ἀστραγάλω ἀστράγαλοι
Genitive ἀστραγάλου ἀστραγάλοιν ἀστραγάλων
Dative ἀστραγάλῳ ἀστραγάλοιν ἀστραγάλοις
Accusative ἀστράγαλον ἀστραγάλω ἀστραγάλους
Vocative ἀστράγαλε ἀστραγάλω ἀστράγαλοι

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

  • ,1 ἐκαλεῖτο δέ τισ καὶ βαλανωτὴ φιάλη, ἧσ τῷ πυθμένι χρυσοῖ ὑπέκειντο ἀστράγαλοι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 105 1:8)
  • ἦν ὅτε παῖδασ ἔπειθε πάλαι ποτὲ δῶρα φιλεῦντασ ὄρτυξ, καὶ ῥαπτὴ σφαῖρα, καὶ ἀστράγαλοι· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 441)
  • ὥσπερ οὖν οἱ ἀστράγαλοι τόπον ἐλάττω κατέχουσιν ὀρθοὶ πίπτοντεσ ἢ πρηνεῖσ, οὕτωσ ἡμῶν ἕκαστον ἐν ἀρχῇ μὲν ἐπὶ στόμα προνεύειν ἀποβλέποντα πρὸσ τὴν τράπεζαν ὕστερον δὲ μετασχηματίζειν ἐπὶ βάθοσ ἐκ πλάτουσ τὴν κατάκλισιν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 5, 5:1)
  • Βομβύκα χαρίεσσ’, οἱ μὲν πόδεσ ἀστράγαλοί τευσ, ἁ φωνὰ δὲ τρύχνοσ· (Theocritus, Idylls, 32)

Synonyms

  1. dice

  2. a moulding in the capital of an Ionic column

  3. a measure used by physicians

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