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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀστράγαλος ἀστραγάλω ἀστράγαλοι
Genitive ἀστραγάλου ἀστραγάλοιν ἀστραγάλων
Dative ἀστραγάλῳ ἀστραγάλοιν ἀστραγάλοις
Accusative ἀστράγαλον ἀστραγάλω ἀστραγάλους
Vocative ἀστράγαλε ἀστραγάλω ἀστράγαλοι

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

  • ἔτι καὶ βασιλέα μόνον ἐφ̓ ἁπάντων γενέσθαι τῷ ἀστραγάλῳ κρατήσαντα, ὡσ μήτε ἐπιταχθείησ γελοῖα ἐπιτάγματα καὶ αὐτὸσ ἐπιτάττειν ἔχοισ, τῷ μὲν αἰσχρόν τι περὶ αὐτοῦ ἀναβοῆσαι, τῷ δὲ γυμνὸν ὀρχήσασθαι καὶ ἀράμενον τὴν αὐλητρίδα τρὶσ τὴν οἰκίαν περιελθεῖν, πῶσ οὐχὶ καὶ ταῦτα δείγματα μεγαλοδωρίασ τῆσ ἐμῆσ; (Lucian, Saturnalia, 4:5)
  • τί γὰρ ταχὺσ εἴκελοσ ἀνὴρ ἀστραγάλῳ; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 428 2:2)
  • ὅθεν καὶ πρὸσ τὸν θρασύτερον διαλεγόμενον νεανίσκον, "οὐ λήψεταί τισ," ἔφη, "τοῦτον ἀστραγάλῳ; (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, D, Kef. s'. ARKESILAOS 7:3)

Synonyms

  1. dice

  2. a moulding in the capital of an Ionic column

  3. a measure used by physicians

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