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Ἀγκύλη · thong, hook (α 251) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

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Ἀγκύλη

thong, hook

Translated by Roger Travis6 Oct 2000Vetting: high9 revisions

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3 notes · 33 words

Translation

A kind of javelin.¹ Also [sc. attested is the related participle] h)gkulwme/nos ["armed with a javelin"], [meaning] wielding a javelin.² But [sc. the headword] also signifies some furnishing of the tent of Moses.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀγκύλη· εἶδος ἀκοντίου. καὶ Ἠγκυλωμένος, ἀγκύλην ἔχων. σημαίνει δὲ καὶ ἔργον τι τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ Μωϋσέος.

Betacode

*)agku/lh: ei)=dos a)konti/ou. kai\ *)hgkulwme/nos, a)gku/lhn e)/xwn. shmai/nei de\ kai\ e)/rgon ti th=s skhnh=s tou= *mwu+se/os.

Notes (3)

For this multi-purpose feminine noun a)gku/lh see LSJ s.v. (web address 1 below).
1Strictly speaking, the thong or strap with which a javelin was thrown, but by extension the javelin itself; LSJ II.2 has instances from Euripides and elsewhere. ↩
2This perfect participle (masculine nominative singular) occurs in Aristophanes, Birds 1180, and this is the gloss of the scholia there; cf. also the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 262. A rare variant is h)gkulhme/nos, attested in Athenaeus (quoting Satyros) and (maybe) Lucian. ↩
3Exodus 36.34 LXX; sense 5 in LSJ.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from2 entries

α252Ἀγκύλιαlinklets[Meaning] the loops of chains.
δ1001Διηγκυλημένονthong-secured[Meaning] the javelin made ready. Meaning [sc. one who is] controlling the spear in the armpit. Xenophon [writes]: "he gave an order to all [the peltasts] to advance [with javelins] thong-secured, so as to throw the…

Neighbouring entries

α249Ἀγκώνelbow α250Ἀγκράτος ἐλαύνονταriding hard α251Ἀγκύληthong, hook α252Ἀγκύλιαlinklets α253Ἀγκυλομήτης καὶ Ἀγκυλομήτεω καὶ Ἀγκυλομῆταιcrooked of counsel

Revision history9 revisions · last 8 Jul 2024

8 Jul 2024tweaked note — Catharine Roth
8 Jul 2024expanded note — Catharine Roth
8 Jul 2024typo — Catharine Roth
15 Aug 2015coding — David Whitehead
4 Jan 2012tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
11 Jun 2001augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
10 Jun 2001Modified translation, added notes and keywords, set status — William Hutton
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6 Oct 2000Translated — Roger Travis

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀγκύλη (Adler number alpha 251), trans. Roger Travis, 6 Oct 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/251

Translation by Roger Travis for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, William Hutton, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗