A.bent arm, mostly in pl., “ἐν ἀγκάλαις” A.Ag.723, Supp.481, E.Alc.351, al.; prov., “ἐν ταῖς ἀ. περιΦέρειν τινά” X.Cyr.7.5.50; without ἐν, ἀγκάλαις ἔχειν, περιΦέρειν, E.IT289, Or.464; “ἐπ᾽ ἀγκάλαις λαβεῖν” Id.Ion761, cf. IT1250; “ἐς ἀ.” Ion1598; πρὸς ἀγκάλαις πεσεῖν ib.962; “ὑπ᾽ ἀγκάλαις σταθείς” Id.Andr.747: rarely in sg., Corinn.19 (s.v.l.); “Φέρειν ἐν τῇ ἀ.” Hdt.6.61, cf. X.l.c., Timocl.7.4.
2. bend of knee, Cael.Aur.TP5.1.2.
II. metaph., anything closely enfolding, “κυμάτων ἐν ἀγκάλαις” Archil.23; “πετραία ἀ.” A.Pr.1019; “πόντιαι ἀ.” Id.Ch.587, cf. E.Or.1378; “πελαγίοις ἐν ἀ.” Nausicr. 1.3; of the air, “γῆν..ἔχονθ᾽ ὑγραῖς ἐν ἀ.” E.Fr.941.
III. bundle, sheaf, BGU1180 (i B. C.), PLond.1.131r396 (i A. D.), POxy.935.19 (iii A. D.).