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ἀγκύλη

agkule

Riemen, Schlinge (am Wurfspieß), Haken, Türangel usw.

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Where it lives

Exodus 11 · 4.65/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Knights 1 · 1.13/10k
On Hunting 1 · 1.1/10k
Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k
Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant

1. ἀγκύλη · ankylē — Frisk

ἀγκύλη "Riemen, Schlinge (am Wurfspieß), Haken, Türangel usw.’ (B., Hp., S., E. usw.). Abl. ἀγκυλητός "mit dyx. versehen’ (A.), ἀγκυλίς f. “Haken” (Opp.) mit ἀγκυλιδωτός ‘mit Schlinge versehen’ (Hp. ap. Gal.), ἀγκύλιον “Schlinge’ usw. (Mediz.). — Zum %-Formans vgl. ἄγκυρα unten, außerdem aind. anku-sd- “Haken’, anku-ra- “junger Sproß’ (Bed. wie awno. öll Keim’); zum !-Suffix noch ahd. angul “Fischhaken, Angel’, … — [Frisk, s.v. ἀγκύλη, p. 41]

2. ἀγκύλ-η · ankyl-ē — LSJ

bend of the arm, wrist, cup

properly, like ἀγκάλη, bend of the arm or wrist, ἀπʼ ἀγκύλης ἱέναι, a phrase descriptive of the way in which the cottabus was thrown, B. Fr. 13.2, cf. Hsch.; ἀπʼ ἀγκύλης ἵησι λάταγας Cratin. 273; wrongly expl. as cup, Ath. 11.782d.

2 bend of the knee, ham

bend of the knee, ham, Philostr. Im. 2.6, Sch. Il. 23.726.

3 joint bent and stiffened by disease

joint bent and stiffened by disease, Hp. Liqu. 6, cf. Poll. 4.196.

II loop, noose

loop, noose, πλεκτὰς ἀγκύλας E. IT 1408; in the leash of a hound, X. Cyn. 6.1; in bandages, Gal. 18(1).790; in torsion-engines, Hero Bel. 83.1.

2 thong of a javelin, the javelin

thong of a javelin, by which it was hurled, Str. 4.4.3; hence, the javelin itself, E. Or. 1476, cf. Plu. Phil. 6; διʼ ἀγκυλῶν ἱππόται Them. Or. 21.256d.

3 bow-string

bow-string, ἀ. χρυσόστροΦοι S. OT 203.

4 thong

ἀγκύλη τῆς ἐμβάδος sandal-thong, Alex. 31.

5 curtain-ring, hook, hook

curtain-ring, hook, LXX Ex. 38.18 (36.34), al.; hook for a door, IG ΙΙ(2).165.11, al. (Delos, iii B.C.).

6 sides of the κεραία

sides of the κεραία, Poll. 1.91.

In the wild

ἀγκύλαις · ankylais Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 197)
ἀγκύλας · ankylas Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris *)/aggelos (DIORISIS sentence 854)
ἀγκύλας · ankylas Euripides, Orestes (DIORISIS sentence 985)
ἀγκύλα · ankyla Iliad 5.209
ἀγκύλα · ankyla Iliad 6.322
ἀγκύλα · ankyla Odyssey 21.264

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Where it came from

Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἀγκύλη (scan p. 41; entry #75).

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