ἀγκών

ἀγκών, ῶνος, ὁ, A. bend of the arm, hence, elbow, ὀρθωθεὶς δʼ ἐπʼ ἀγκῶνος Il. 10.80; ἦ, καὶ ἐπʼ ἀγκῶνος κεΦαλὴν σχέθεν Od. 14.494; ἀγκῶνα τυχὼν μέσον Il. 5.582, cf. 20.479; ἀγκῶνι νύττειν to nudge, Od. 14.485, cf. Pl. Riv. 132b; κροτεῖν τοῖς ἀγκῶσιν τὰς πλευράς D. 54.9; prov., ἀγκῶνι ἀπομύττεσθαι Bion ap.D.L. 4.46; ἐπʼ ἀγκῶνος δειπνεῖν, of the attitude at meals, Luc. Lex. 6. 2. arm, Νίκας ἐν ἀγκώνεσσι πίτνειν Pi. N. 5.42; ἐς δʼ ὑγρὸν ἀγκῶνα . . προσπτύσσεται S. Ant. 1237, etc. 3. bend in animals’ legs, X. Cyn. 4.1. II. any nook or bend, as the angle of a wall, ἀγκὼν τείχεος Il. 16.702, cf. Hdt. 1.180; bend, bay of a river, Id. 2.99; ἕσπεροι ἀγκῶνες S. Aj. 805; headlands which form a bay, Str. 12.8.19; ἀγκῶνες κιθάρας ribs which support the horns of the cithara, Semus I, Hsch.; ends of stomach-bow, Hero Bel. 78.4; arms of torsion-engine, Ph. Bel. 53.40, al., HeroBel. 81.9; cross-bar of same, Bito 49.12; arm of throne or chair, LXX 2 Ch. 9.18, Cael.Aur. TP 2.1; perh. clamp, PPetr. 3p.144. 2. kind of vase, Artem. 1.74, cf. Sammelb. 4292. III. prov., γλυκὺς ἀ. used κατʼ ἀντίφρασιν of a difficulty, Pl. Phdr. 257d, Clearch. 6; expl. by Sch.Pl. l. c., Zen. 2.92, Ath. 12.516a, from a long bend or reach in the Nile; but apptly. = παραγκάλισμα, thing to be embraced, treasure, Pl Com.178; also = ἀβρότονον, Dsc. 3.24. (For the Root v. ἄγκος.)