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.
- οὗτοσ ἐν Ὀποῦντι διενεχθεὶσ ἐν παιδιᾷ περὶ ἀστραγάλων παῖδα Κλειτώνυμον τὸν Ἀμφιδάμαντοσ ἀπέκτεινε, καὶ φυγὼν μετὰ τοῦ πατρὸσ παρὰ Πηλεῖ κατῴκει, καὶ Ἀχιλλέωσ ἐρώμενοσ γίνεται. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 13 8:9)
- εἰσ Ἀνακρέοντα πρέσβυν Ἀνακρείοντα χύδαν σεσαλαγμένον οἴνῳ θάεο δινωτοῦ στρεπτὸν ὕπερθε λίθου, ὡσ ὁ γέρων λίχνοισιν ἐπ’ ὄμμασιν ὑγρὰ δεδορκὼσ ἄχρι καὶ ἀστραγάλων ἕλκεται ἀμπεχόναν· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 3061)
- ὡσ εὖ τὸν φθίμενον νέον ἄκριτα καὶ τὸ κυβευθὲν πνεῦμα δι’ ἀφθέγκτων εἶπέ τισ ἀστραγάλων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 427 2:2)
- περί γε μὴν τῶν κάτωθεν, ἀστραγάλων ἢ κνημῶν καὶ κυνηπόδων καὶ ὁπλῶν, ταὐτὰ λέγομεν ἅπερ περὶ τῶν ἔμπροσθεν. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 1 18:2)
- ἔπειθ’ οἱ μὲν εἰσακοντίζοντεσ τὰσ λόγχασ, οἱ δὲ τοὺσ ὁμόσε χωροῦντασ τοῖσ ἱππικοῖσ ξίφεσι μακροτέροισ οὖσι κατὰ βραχιόνων παίοντεσ καὶ παρὰ τὰσ ἀγκύλασ καταφέροντεσ, πολλῶν μὲν τὰσ χεῖρασ αὐτοῖσ σκεπάσμασί τε καὶ ἀμυντηρίοισ ἀπέκοπτον, πολλοὺσ δὲ γονάτων τε καὶ ἀστραγάλων πληγαῖσ βαθείαισ ἀπὸ κρατίστησ βάσεωσ ἐρρίπτουν ἡμιθανεῖσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 8, chapter 67 8:1)
Synonyms
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dice
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a moulding in the capital of an Ionic column
-
a measure used by physicians
