ἀστράγαλος
astragalosNoun (Masculine)G6575
a vertebrae
Full Lexicon Entry
1.one of the neck-vertebrae, (Homer)
2.the ball of the ankle joint, Lat. talus, (Herdotus Historicus)
3.plural ἀστράγαλοι, dice or agame played with dice, (Iliad by Homer):—;they were at first made of knuckle-bones, and never had more than four flat sides, whereas the *κύβοι *had six. They played with four: the best throw ( βόλος), when each die came differently, was called Ἀφροδίτη, Lat. jactus Veneris; the worst, when all came alike, κύων, Lat. canis.
Grammar
Part of Speech Noun (Masculine)
Morphology G:N-M
DescriptionGreek Noun, Masculine
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