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ἀγκύλος

agkulos

curved, bent

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Where it lives

Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

1. ἀγκύλος · ankylos — Beekes

ἀγκύλος [adj.] ‘curved, bent’ (I].). eCOMP ἀγκυλομήτης ‘who thinks crooked thoughts’ (1].), from an old verb ἔμη-μι (cf. Skt. mati), see Ruijgh Lingua 25 (1970): 306. *DER Denominatives ἀγκύλλω [v.] ‘to bend backwards’ (Aret.) and ἀγκυλόω [v.] ‘to bend’ (Ar.); from the latter ἀγκύλωμα ‘loop’ (Gal.), -woic medical term, name of various lame or stiff conditions (Gal.); ἀγκύλη ‘strap, loop, hook, … — [Beekes, s.v. ἀγκύλος, p. 59]

2. ἀγκύλος · ankylos — Frisk

ἀγκύλος "gebogen, krumm’ (Il. usw.) mit den Denominativen ἀγκύλλω "zurückbiegen’ (Aret.) und ἀγκυλόω "biegen? (Ar.u.a.); aus diesem ἀγκύλωμα “Schlinge’ (Gal.), -ωσις mediz. Terminus, Bez. krampfhafter od. gelähmter Zustände (Gal. u.a.). — [Frisk, s.v. ἀγκύλος, p. 41]

3. ἀγκύλος · ankylos — LSJ

crooked, curved, beaked, hooked

crooked, curved, τόξα Il. 5.209, Od. 21.264, etc.; ἅρμα Il. 6.39; κάλαμος Theoc. 21.47; of the eagle, ἀγκύλον κάρα beaked, Pi. P. 1.8; ἀ. ἐκ τῶν ὀδόντων Ant.Lib. 22.6; of greedy fingers, hooked, Ar. Eq. 205; of the movement of a snake, ἀ. ἕρπων D.P. 123.

metaph.,

1 intricate, catchy, terse, intricately

of style, intricate, Luc. Bis Acc. 21; ἐριστικὸς καὶ ἀ. τὴν γλῶσσαν catchy, Alciphr. 3.64; in good sense, terse, D.H. Th. 25 (Comp.). Adv. -λως ib. 31; intricately, Procl. in Prm. p.525 S., Dam. Pr. 187.

2 wily, crafty

wily, crafty, Lyc. 344; -ώτεραι ἐνέδραι Archig. ap. Orib. 8.2.24.

In the wild

ἀγκύλον · ankylon Iliad 6.39

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἀγκύλος (scan pp. 59-60; entry #95).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἀγκύλος (scan p. 41; entry #74).

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