ἄρμενα

A. tackle of a ship, sails, etc., Hes. Op. 808, Aen.Tact. 11.3, Theoc. 22.13, IPE 12.32 (Olbia).

2. accoutrements, Alc. 94.

3. implements, ὁπόσα ἀνθρώποις ἄ. μεμηχάνηται Hp. Fract. 31, cf. Aen.Tact. 18.11, AP 6.205 (Leon.), etc.: in sg., πρὸς τὸ ἄ. Hp. Fract. 2; ἄ. ἐργασίης AP 6.47 (Antip. Sid.), 11.203.

b. esp. of surgical apparatus, Hp. Off. 2, cf. Bacch. ap. Erot. Fr. 37.

4. food, Numen. ap. Ath. 7.306c. Neut. of ἄρμενος, part. of ἀραρίσκω(q.v.).