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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Generally considered to be a derivation in "-λ-" of ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”), but this cannot be correct. According to Beekes, it is probably a Pre-Greek word. Compare ὄστρακον (óstrakon).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /as.trá.ɡa.los/ → /asˈtra.ɣa.los/ → /asˈtra.ɣa.los/
Noun
ἀστράγᾰλος • (astrágalos) m (genitive ἀστρᾰγάλου); second declension
- one of the vertebrae, especially of the neck
- the ball of the ankle joint
- (in the plural) dice, or a game played with them
- a moulding in the capital of an Ionic column
- black bitter vetch (Lathyrus niger)
- a measure used by physicians
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Further reading
- “ἀστράγαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀστράγαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀστράγαλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀστράγαλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀστράγαλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀστράγαλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN