The corpus record

ἄγκιστρον

agkistron

“(Angeljhaken’ (Od

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Where it lives

Habacuc 1 · 9.14/10k
Sophist 3 · 1.87/10k
Job 1 · 0.75/10k
Regnorum IV 1 · 0.58/10k
Matthew 1 · 0.56/10k
Isaias 1 · 0.38/10k
Ezechiel 1 · 0.35/10k
Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

1. ἄγκιστρον · ankistron — Frisk

ἄγκιστρον “(Angeljhaken’ (Od. usw.); Bildung unklar, s. Chantraine Formation 333f., Schwyzer 532, Specht Ursprung 142. Vereinzelt vorkommende Abl. ἀγκίστριον, ἀγκιστρεύω mit ἀγκπιστρευτικός und ἀγκιστρεία. Mit ἃ-ϑυ Ηχ : — [Frisk, s.v. ἄγκιστρον, p. 42]

2. ἄγκιστρον · ankistron — LSJ

fish-hook, hook of a spindle, surgical instrument, hook

fish-hook, Od. 4.369, Hdt. 2.70, etc.; hook of a spindle, Pl. R. 616c; surgical instrument, Philum. Ven. 2.6, Cael.Aur. TP 5.1; generally, hook, D.C. 60.35.

In the wild

ἀγκίστρῳ · ankistrōi Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4.7 (DIORISIS sentence 3478)
ἀγκίστρῳ · ankistrōi Epictetus, Discourses 3.6 (DIORISIS sentence 4099)
ἄγκιστρον · ankistron Herodotus, Histories 2.70.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2045)
ἀγκίστροισιν · ankistroisin Odyssey 12.332
ἀγκίστροισιν · ankistroisin Odyssey 4.369
ἄγκιστρον · ankistron New Testament, Matthew 17.27 (DIORISIS sentence 722)

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Where it came from

Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἄγκιστρον (scan p. 42; entry #78).

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