ἀγκύλ-η[ῠ],ἡ,(ᾰγκος) properly,
A.
like ἀγκάλη ,bend of the armorwrist, ἀπ̓ ἀγκύλης ἱέναι,a phrase descriptive of the way in which the cottabus was thrown, B. Fr. 13.2 , cf. Hsch. ; ἀπ̓ ἀγκύλης ζησι λάταγας
Cratin. 273
; wrongly expl. ascup,
Ath. 11.782d .
2. bend of the knee, ham,
Philostr. Im. 2.6 , Sch. Il. 23.726 .
3. joint bent and stiffened by disease,
Hp. Liqu. 6 , cf. Poll. 4.196 .
II. loop, noose,
πλεκτὰς ἀγκύλας
E. IT 1408
; in the leash of a hound, X. Cyn. 6.1 ; in bandages, Gal. 18(1).790 ; in torsion-engines, Hero Bel. 83.1 .
2. thong of a javelin,by which it was hurled, Str. 4.4.3 ; hence,the javelinitself, E. Or. 1476 , cf. Plu. Phil. 6 ; δι' ἀγκυλῶν ἱππόται