1. ἀγκάλη · ankalē — Beekes
VAR ἀγκών, ἄγκος, etc
The corpus record
ἀγκάλη
agkale
VAR ἀγκών, ἄγκος, etc
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Ion 7 · 7.65/10k
- Iphigenia in Tauris 3 · 3.62/10k
- Bacchae 2 · 2.66/10k
- Iphigenia in Aulis 2 · 2.24/10k
- Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
- Helen 2 · 2.04/10k
- Orestes 2 · 2.04/10k
- Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
- Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k
- Esther 1 · 1.81/10k
- Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
- Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
Densest 12 of 24 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. ἀγκάλη · ankalē — Frisk
gekrümmter Arm, Armvoll
3. ἀγκάλη · ankalē — LSJ
bent arm, bend of knee, anything closely enfolding
Attestations
- ἀγκαλίδεσσι · ankalidessi Iliad 18.555
- ἀγκαλίδεσσι · ankalidessi Iliad 22.503
- ἀγκάλῃ · ankalēi Herodotus, Histories 6.61.4 (DIORISIS sentence 6517)
- ἀγκάλαις · ankalais Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 480–484
- ἀγκάλη · ankalē Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 1014–1019
- ἀγκάλαις · ankalais Aeschylus, Agamemnon 723–726
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 60; entry #96 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 41; entry #73 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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