στρέβλη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, ([[στρεβλός]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[winch]] used in ship-building, A.''Supp.''441 (pl.= <b class="b3">τὰ ξύλα τῶν νεῶν ἐν οἷς διασφηνοῦνται γομφούμενα</b> (sic, fort. -μεναι), [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]).<br><span class="bld">2</span> in plural, the [[twisted cords]] in a [[mechanical]] toy, the untwisting of which releases the motive power, Arist.''MA''701b3,9.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[clothes-press]], prob. worked by a [[screw]], Plu.2.950a.<br><span class="bld">4</span> part of a filter, τὸν τρυγώδη διὰ σάκκου καὶ στρέβλης ἠθεῖν οἶνον Phot. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[σακίζειν]].<br><span class="bld">II</span> an [[instrument]] of [[torture]], Plb.18.54.7, [[LXX]] ''4 Ma.''7.4, J.''AJ''19.1.6, Luc.''Nec.''14, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[torture]], λύπας, μερίμνας, ἁρπαγάς, στρέβλας, νόσους Diph.88, cf.''PTeb.''789.15 (ii B.C.), D.S. 13.86 (pl.), Phld.''Rh.''1.234 S.; <b class="b3">ζημίαι καὶ σ.</b> ib.2.152 S. (pl.).