aj-stra±bhv" , ev" , = aj-strafhv" , not twisted, straight, Plat.
ajstragalivzw
ajstra±ga±livzw , f. sw , ( ajstravgalo" ) to play with ajstravgaloi , Plat. Hence ajstragavlisi"
ajstragavlisi"
ajstra±gavlisi" , ew", hJ , a playing with ajstravga±loi , Arist.
ajstravgalo"
ajstravga±lo" »tra±1/4, oJ , one of the neck-vertebrae, Hom.
II.
the ball of the ankle joint,
Lat.
talus
,
Hdt
.,
Theocr.
III.
pl.
ajstravgaloi
,
dice
or
agame played with dice,
Il.,
Hdt.
:—they were at first made of knuckle-bones, and never had more than four flat sides, whereas the
kuvboi
had six. They played with four: the best
throw
(
bovlo"
), when each die came differently, was called
jAfrodivth
,
Lat.
jactus Veneris
;
the worst, when all came alike,
kuvwn
,
Lat.
canis
.
(Deriv. uncertain.)
ajstraphv
ajstraphv »a±1/4, hJ , = ajsterophv, sterophv , a flash of lightning, lightning, Hdt ., Att. ; in pl. lightnings, Aesch. , Soph.
2. any bright light, N.T.
ajstra±phforevw , f. hvsw , to carry lightnings, Ar. From ajstraphfovro"
ajstraphfovro"
ajstra±ph-fovro" , on , ( fevrw ) lightning-bearing, flashing, Eur.
ajstravptw
ajstravptw
(
a
euphon.,
stravptw
,
cf.
aj-sterophv
),
impf.
h[strapton
,
Ion.
ajstravpteskon
:
aor.
I
h[straya
:—
to lighten, hurl lightnings,
of omens sent by Zeus, Il.,
Ar.
2.
impers
.,
ajstravptei
it lightens,
h[straye
it lightened,
Att.
II.
to flash like lightning,
Soph
.,
Eur.
,
etc.
:—
c. acc. cogn.
,
ejx ojmmavtwn dÆ h[strapte sevla"
(
sc.
Tufwvn
) he
flashed
flame from his eyes,
Aesch.
a[strasi
a[strasi , (not ajstravsi ) dat. of ajsthvr .
ajstrateiva
aj-stra±teiva , hJ , exemption from service, Ar.
2. a shunning of service, which at Athens was a heavy offence, feuvgein grafh;n ajstrateiva" to be accused of it, Id.; ajstrateiva" aJlw`nai, ojflei`n to be convicted of it, Oratt.
ajstravteuto"
aj-stravteuto" »a±1/4, on , ( strateuvw ) without service, never having seen service, Ar.