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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

  • διὰ τοῦτο ἐκ προσώπου αὐτοῦ ἀπεστάλη ἀστράγαλοσ χειρὸσ καὶ τὴν γραφὴν ταύτην ἐνέταξε. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 5:24)
  • 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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