ἄγκοινα,ἡ, (ἀγκον-ψᾰ,cf.ἀγκών) poet. forἀγκάλη,only in pl.,
A.
Ζηνὸς . . ἐν ἀγκοίνησιν ἰαν́εις
Il. 14.213
, cf. Od. 11.261 , Hes. Fr. 245 , A.R. 2.954.2 . metaph.,anything enfolding,
ἐν χθονὸς ἀγκοίναις
AP 9.398
( Jul. Aegypt.), cf. Opp. H. 3.34 .
II. halyard,
IG 2.794b20 , al., prob. in Alc. 18.9 .