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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

  • "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

  1. dice

  2. a moulding in the capital of an Ionic column

  3. a measure used by physicians

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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