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πάγη

πάγη, snare, noose, trap

πάγη [ᾰ], ἡ, (πήγνυμι)
  • anything that fixes or fastens, snare, noose, ὑπὸ πάγης ἁλόντος Hdt. 2.121.εʹ; ἐν τῇ π. ἐνέχεσθαι ib. β, cf. Pl. Lg. 824a; fowling-net, X. Cyr. 1.6.39.
      • 2 metaph., trap, snare, πάγας ἐραξάμεσθα (leg. ἐφραξάμεσθα) A. Ag. 822; π. ὑπόπυροι, of the beacons of Nauplius, S. Fr. 435.

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