LOGOI

The corpus record

ὠλέν-η

olene · ἡ

elbow, the arm from the elbow downwards, wing-bone

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Where it lives

  • Phoenissae 6 · 6.22/10k
  • Bacchae 3 · 3.99/10k
  • Iphigenia in Tauris 3 · 3.62/10k
  • Trojan Women 2 · 2.83/10k
  • Ion 2 · 2.19/10k
  • Helen 2 · 2.04/10k
  • Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
  • Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
  • Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k

What it meant — LSJ

elbow, the arm from the elbow downwards, wing-bone

elbow, or rather the arm from the elbow downwards (cf. ὦμος I.1), h.Merc. 388, A. Pr. 60, S. Tr. 926, etc.; περίβαλλʼ ὠλένας Ar. Ra. 1322 (lyr.): freq. in E., ὠλέναις, ἐν ὠλέναισιν φέρειν, HF 1381, Ba. 1238; μεταίρειν ἐν ὠλέναις IT 1158; ὠλέναις λαβεῖν Ba. 1125 codd.; ἀπʼ ὠλένης βαλεῖν Ph. 1375; φίλην ὀρέξετʼ ὠλένην; Med. 902; περὶ ὠλένας δέρᾳ βαλεῖν Ph. 165 (lyr., cf. 307, 311); εἰς ὠλένας τινὸς δοῦναί τι Tr. 1142; ὠ. ἄκραι the hands, IT 283; ἴσας δέ μοι ψήφους διηρίθμησε Παλλὰς ὠλένῃ is dub. l

2

στεφάναι is glossed by αἱ τῶν βωμῶν ὠλέναι, Hsch.

3 mat, mattress, elbow, ell

mat, mattress, gloss on Lat. torus (which has these and other senses), Gloss.: cf. ὠλήν, ὠλενοστρόφος. (Lat. ulna, OHG. elina, OE. eln, el-bogi, ‘ell, elbowʼ; Goth. aleina; also Skt. aratnís, OSlav. lakǔtǐ, Lith. uolektìs (all = elbow and ell); cf. ὠλλόν and ἄλαξ.)

In the wild

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Where it came from

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