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Headword:
*gi/glumoi
Adler number: gamma,268
Translated headword: ball-joints, hinge-joints
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] joints of certain prominences [which extend] into concavities, such as the joining of the forearm to the upper arm.
Greek Original:*gi/glumoi: a)ntembolai/ tinwn e)coxw=n pro\s koilo/thtas, oi(/aper h( kata\ to\n ph=xun pro\s to\n braxi/ona sumbolh/.
Notes:
Likewise in other lexica.
The headword can be spelled either gig- or gigg-. It is a medical term with non-anatomical applications: see e.g.
Josephus,
Jewish Antiquities 3.121 & 130, and generally LSJ s.v.
Keywords: definition; historiography; imagery; medicine; science and technology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 11 July 2002@02:12:13.
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