αἱ

A. strangling, hanging, ἀγχόνης . . τέρματα A. Eu. 746; ἔργα κρείσσον’ ἀγχόνης deeds too bad for hanging, S. OT 1374; τάδ’ ἀγχόνης πέλας 'tis nigh as bad as hanging, E. Heracl. 246; ταῦτ’ οὐχὶ . . ἀγχόνης ἔστ’ ἄξια ; Id. Ba. 246; ταῦτα . . οὐκ ἀ. ; Ar. Ach. 125; οἱ δ’ ἀγχόνην ἥψαντο Semon. 1.18: rare in Prose, ἀ. καὶ λύπη Aeschin. 2.38:— in pl., ἐν ἀγχόναις θάνατον λαβεῖν E. Hel. 200, cf. ib.299, HF 154; αἱ ἀ. μάλιστα τοῖς νέοις Arist. Pr. 954b35.

II. = μανδραγόρα, Ps.-Dsc. 4.75.