θερμαστρίς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=or θέρμαστρις (Hsch.), ἡ, <span class="title">IG</span>22.1414.42; acc. θερμαστριν Roussel <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">Cultes Égyptiens</b> 220 (Delos, ii B.C.); gen. θερμαστρίδος <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mech.</span>854a24</span>: acc. pl. θερμάστρεις <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">3 Ki.</span>7.26(40)</span>,<span class="bibl">31(45)</span>: for forms with <b class="b3">-αυστρ-</b> v. infr.:—[[tongs]] used by smiths to take hold of hot metal, Hsch.: generally, [[pincers]], [[pliers]], Arist.l.c. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[a violent dance]], in which the legs were crossed [[tong-fashion]], <span class="bibl">Poll.4.102</span>, <span class="bibl">Ath.14.630a</span>, Hsch. ([[θερμαυστρίς]] codd. Poll., θαυυαστρεις cod. A Ath., θέρμαστρις Hsch.); cf. [[θερμαυστρίζω]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[spike]], [[clamp]], <span class="bibl">Ath.Mech.34.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> = [[θερμαντήρ]], τὰς θερμάστρεις [[LXX]] Il.cc.; [[θερμαυστρίς]] and θερμαστρίς <span class="bibl">Poll.10.66</span>; acc. [[θέρμαυστριν]] (prob. in this signf.) <span class="bibl">Eup.228</span>: in <span class="title">IG</span> and Roussel Il. cc. the signf. may be <span class="bibl">1.1</span> or ''III''. (In signf. ''1'' prob. fr. [[θερμός]], [[αὔω]] (A), cf. <b class="b3">ἐξ-αύω</b>: but the origin of signf. ''III'' and the form <b class="b3">-αστρ-</b> is not clear.)</span>