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ἀγκᾰλ-ισμα

agkalisma · τό

that which is embraced

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What it meant

ἀγκᾰλ-ισμα · ankal-isma — LSJ

that which is embraced, taken in the arms, darling

that which is embraced or taken in the arms, Luc. Am. 14: hence, darling, Lyc. 308.

II embrace

embrace, metaph., ἀ. κλυσιδρομάδος αὔρας Tim. Pers. 91.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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