Ἀκρωλένιον

elbow

Translated by Jennifer Benedict15 Mar 2000Vetting: high3 revisions

6 words

[Meaning] the top of the forearm.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀκρωλένιον· τὸ ἄκρον τῆς χειρός.

Betacode

*)akrwle/nion: to\ a)/kron th=s xeiro/s.

Same entry in ps.-Zonaras; and cf. Pollux 2.140 for this sense of the neuter headword. (Xenophon, Cynegeticus 2.6 and 6.9 has another -- the outer part of a mesh net; cf. Pollux 5.29).