A.bend of the arm, hence, elbow, “ὀρθωθεὶς δ᾽ ε᾽π᾽ ἀγκῶνος” Il.10.80; “ἦ, καὶ ἐπ᾽ 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 Bionap.D.L.4.46; ἐπ᾽ ἀγκῶνος δειπνεῖν, of the attitude at meals, Luc.Lex.6.
2. arm, “Νίκας ἐν ἀγκώνεσσι πίτνειν” Pi.N.5.42; “ἐς δ᾽ 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. TP2.1; perh. clamp, PPetr.3p.144.
2. kind of vase, Artem.1.74, cf. Sammelb.4292.
III. prov., γλυκὺς ἀ. used κατ᾽ 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.）
