ἄγκοινα

agkoina

anything enfolding

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 2
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Book 11 2
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11261
11268
Iliad 1
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Book 14 1
Chapter ?

14213

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄγκοινα, ἡ, (ἀγκον-yᾰ, cf. ἀγκών) A. poet. for ἀγκάλη, only in pl., Ζηνὸς . . ἐν ἀγκοίνῃσιν ἰανεις 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.

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