ἀγκάλη [ᾰ], ἡ,
bent arm, mostly in plural, ἐν ἀγκάλαις[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 723, “Supp.” 481, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 351, +others; proverbial, ἐν ταῖς ἀ. περιΦέρειν τινά 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.50] Refs 5th c.BC+]; without ἐν, ἀγκάλαις ἔχειν, περιΦέρειν, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 289, “Or.” 464; ἐπ᾽ ἀγκάλαις λαβεῖν [prev. author] “Ion” 761, compare “IT” 1250; ἐς ἀ. “Ion” 1598] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς ἀγκάλαις πεσεῖν[[ [prev. work] 962; ὑπ᾽ ἀγκάλαις σταθείς [prev. author] “Andr.” 747] Refs]: rarely in singular, [[ 6th c.BC: Corinna Lyrica 19 (assuming variant); Φέρειν ἐν τῇ ἀ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.61, cf. X.[same place], 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 7.4. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]
__2 bend of knee, [[ {5th c.AD}: Caelius Aurelianus Medicus “TP” 5.1.2. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__II metaphorically, anything closely enfolding, κυμάτων ἐν ἀγκάλαις[[ 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 23; πετραία ἀ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1019; πόντιαι ἀ. [prev. author] “Ch.” 587, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1378; πελαγίοις ἐν ἀ. 4th c.BC: Nausicrates Comicus 1.3 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; of the air, γῆν..ἔχονθ᾽ ὑγραῖς ἐν ἀ.[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 941. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III bundle, sheaf, [[ “BGU” 1180 (1st c.BC), “PLond.” 1.131r396 (1st c.AD), “POxy.” 935.19 (3rd c.AD).] Refs 1st c.BC+]