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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

  • οὐ γὰρ δήπου τὸν Περσῶν βασιλέα Δαρεῖον οὐκ ἂν ἔφησ ἐλεύθερον εἶναι, ἐπειδὴ καταπεσὼν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἵππου ἐν κυνηγεσίοισ, τοῦ ἀστραγάλου ἐκχωρήσαντοσ, ὑπήκουε τοῖσ ἰατροῖσ ἕλκουσι καὶ στρεβλοῦσιν αὐτοῦ τὸν πόδα, ὅπωσ καταστήσεται τὸ ἄρθρον, καὶ ταῦτα Αἰγυπτίοισ ἀνθρώποισ· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 13:2)
  • ἐπὶ δὲ παντὶ ἀστραγάλου σχήματι γεγραμμένα ἐν πίνακι ἐπίτηδεσ ἐξήγησιν ἔχει τοῦ σχήματοσ. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 25 18:1)

Synonyms

  1. dice

  2. a moulding in the capital of an Ionic column

  3. a measure used by physicians

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