ἄρθρον,τό, (ἀραρίσκω)
A. joint,
Emp. 17.22 , etc.; ἄρθρων πόνοι
Hp. Aph. 3.31
, al.; ἅπαν κατ' ἄρθρον
S. Tr. 769
;κρᾶτα καὶ ἄρθραthe head andjoints of the neck,
Id. Ph. 1208 (lyr., codd.); esp.the socket of the ankle-joint,
ὁ ἀστράγαλος ἐξεχώρησε ἐκ τῶν ἄ.
Hdt. 3.129
; in Hp. Art. I, al.,ballof a joint, opp.socket(κοτύλη), cf. Gal. 18(2).487 (butsocketin Hp. Loc.Hom. 6 ); μάρψας ποδός νιν ἄρθρον ᾗ λυγίζεται
S. Tr. 779
, cf. Ph. 1202 (lyr.).
2. generally, oflimbs,etc., esp. in pl.,ἄ. ποδοῖνthe ankles, Id. OT 718 , cf. 1032 ; of the legs, βραδύπουν ἤλυσιν ἄρθρων προτιθεῖσα
E. Hec. 67