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.
- "τὸν ἀστράγαλον καὶ τὸν ζυγὸν καὶ πολλὰ τῶν μὴ δυναμένων ἄλλοτ’ ἄλλασ λαμβάνειν πτώσεισ καὶ ῥοπὰσ ἄνευ τινὸσ αἰτίασ καὶ διαφορᾶσ ἢ περὶ αὐτὰ πάντωσ; (Plutarch, De Stoicorum repugnantiis, section 23 2:1)
- ἔτυχον ἐν ὁδῷ παῖδεσ ἐκ λάκκου τινὸσ ἀστράγαλον ἐκκόπτοντεσ, ἐκείνου παριόντοσ· (Plutarch, Praecepta gerendae reipublicae, chapter, section 15 17:1)
- τί στοχασώμεθά σου, Πεισίστρατε, χῖον ὁρῶντεσ γλυπτὸν ὑπὲρ τύμβου κείμενον ἀστράγαλον; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 4221)
- κλίμακοσ ἐξ ὀλίγησ ὀλίγον βρέφοσ ἐν Διοδώρου κάππεσεν, ἐκ δ’ ἐάγη καίριον ἀστράγαλον, δινηθεὶσ προκάρηνοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 6321)
- τόν ῥ’ ἔβαλεν κεφαλῆσ τε καὶ αὐχένοσ ἐν συνεοχμῷ, νείατον ἀστράγαλον, ἀπὸ δ’ ἄμφω κέρσε τένοντε· (Homer, Iliad, Book 14 49:7)
Synonyms
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dice
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a moulding in the capital of an Ionic column
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a measure used by physicians