σφάκελος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[gangrene]], [[mortification]], or, of bones, [[caries]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>7.78</span>; <b class="b3">τοῦ ἐγκεφάλου</b> Id. Aër.<span class="bibl">10</span> (pl.); so called when farther advanced than [[γάγγραινα]], cf. Gal.2.632, 18(1).687. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[spasm]], [[convulsion]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>878</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">κατὰ δ' ἐγκέφαλον πηδᾷ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1352</span> (anap.): metaph., [[σφάκελος ἀνέμων]], the [[convulsive fury of winds]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>1045</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> the [[middle finger]], Suid.s.v. [[σφακελισμός]]; so [[σφάκηλος]] (or [[φάκηλος]]) <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span>1821.297</span>.</span>