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ἄρκυς

ἄρκυς, a net, hunter’s net

ἄρκῠς (ἅρκ- Et.Gen., cf. Paus.Gr. Fr. 73), υος, ἡ: pl., nom. and acc., ἄρκυες, -υας, Att. acc. ἄρκυς (v. infr.):—
  • net, hunterʼs net, A. Ag. 1116, Ch. 1000: more freq. in pl., ἐξ ἀρκύων πέπτωκεν Id. Eu. 147 (lyr.); ἀρκύων μολεῖν ἔσω E. Cyc. 196; ἄρκυς ἱστάναι to set nets, X. Cyn. 6.5; διωκόμενον τὸν λαγὼ εἰς τὰς ἄρκυς ib. 10; πλεξάμενος ἄρκυς Ar. Lys. 790: metaph., ἄρκυες ξίφους the toils, i.e. perils, of the sword, E. Med. 1278.
      • 2 womanʼs hair-net, Hsch.

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