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00043: 43. ἀγκάλη [ἄγκος] I. the bent arm, Hdt., etc.; mostly in pl., ἐν ἀγκάλαις in the arms, Aesch., Eur.; ἐν ταῖς ἀγκ. Xen.;—in sg., φέρειν ἐν τῇ ἀγκάλῃ Hdt.

II. metaph. anything closely enfolding, πετραία ἀγκάλη Aesch.; πόντιαι ἀγκάλαι bights or arms of the sea, id=Aesch.; κυμάτων ἐν ἀγκάλαις Ar.

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