καρχήσιον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. καρχ-άσιον [[[Χᾱ]]], τό, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[drinking-cup]] narrower in the middle than at the top and bottom, Sapph.51.3, <span class="bibl">Pherecyd.13J.</span>, <span class="bibl">Cratin.38</span>, <span class="bibl">Herodor.16J.</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>660</span>, <span class="bibl">Callix.3</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>12.265, al., 22.47, 12 (8).51.25 (Imbros, ii B. C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">mast-head of a ship</b>, through which the halyards worked, <b class="b3">ζυγὸν καρχασίου</b> [[sailyard]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>5.51</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span> 43</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Merc.Cond.</span>1</span> (interpol.), Asclep. Myrl. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.11.474f</span>: in pl., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>1261</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Them.</span>12</span>; cf. sq.--In <span class="bibl">Epicr.10</span> there is a play on the double meaning (''1'' and ''ΙΙ''). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[triangular instrument used in carpentry]], Hsch. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> [[cage]] or [[chamber]] in a torsion-engine, <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>74.15</span>, <span class="bibl">Hero<span class="title">Bel.</span>88.5</span> (<b class="b3">Χαλκ-</b> codd.), <span class="bibl">Ath.Mech.35.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> [[crane]] for unloading ships, Vitr.10.2.10, 10.16.3.</span>