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.
- διότι ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐξεγείρω ποιμένα ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν. τὸ ἐκλιμπάνον οὐ μὴ ἐπισκέψηται καὶ τὸ ἐσκορπισμένον οὐ μὴ ζητήσῃ καὶ τὸ συντετριμμένον οὐ μὴ ἰάσηται καὶ τὸ ὁλόκληρον οὐ μὴ κατευθύνῃ καὶ τὰ κρέα τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν καταφάγεται καὶ τούσ ἀστραγάλουσ αὐτῶν ἐκστρέψει. (Septuagint, Prophetia Zachariae 11:16)
- ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳ ἐξῆλθον δάκτυλοι χειρὸσ ἀνθρώπου καὶ ἔγραφον κατέναντι τῆσ λαμπάδοσ ἐπὶ τὸ κονίαμα τοῦ τοίχου τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ βασιλέωσ, καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺσ ἐθεώρει τοὺσ ἀστραγάλουσ τῆσ χειρὸσ τῆσ γραφούσησ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 5:5)
- Ἔχεισ κἀνταῦθα τὸν συμπαιξόμενόν σοι τουτονὶ τὸν Ἔρωτα καὶ ἀστραγάλουσ μάλα πολλούσ. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 6:5)
- οἶμαι δέ σ’ ἐρεῖν ἀστραγάλουσ δήπουθεν ὦ παῖ. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Parodos, strophe 24)
- "ἐδίδου γὰρ τοῖσ μὲν ἀστραγάλουσ δορκαδείουσ, τοῖσ δὲ φοινικοβαλάνουσ, ἄλλοισ δὲ χρυσίον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 19 3:32)
Synonyms
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dice
-
a moulding in the capital of an Ionic column
-
a measure used by physicians
