κνωδακίζω
καὶ ἤδη γε ἄπειμι παρὰ τὸν ἑταῖρον Κλεινίαν, ὅτι πυνθάνομαι χρόνου ἤδη ἀκάθαρτον εἶναι αὐτῷ τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ ταύτην νοσεῖν, ὅτι μὴ ῥεῖ. ὥστε οὐκέτι οὐδ' ἀναβαίνει αὐτήν, ἀλλ' ἄβατος καὶ ἀνήροτός ἐστιν → and now I depart for my companion, Cleinias since I have learned that for some time now his wife is unclean and she is ill because she does not flow, therefore he no longer sleeps with her but she is unavailable and untilled
English (LSJ)
(κνώδαξ) A hang a body on pins or pivots, so that it turns as on an axis, ἐκνωδακισμένον ἀγγεῖον Hero Spir.2.4.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1464] um einen Zapfen drehen, Mathem. vett., = ἐν κνώδακι στρέφεσθαι.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κνωδᾱκίζω: (κνώδαξ) στηρίζω τι ἐπὶ κέντρου ἐφ’ οὗ στρέφεται ὡς ἐπὶ ἄξονος, Ἥρων ἐν Ἀρχ. Μαθ. σελ. 197, 198.
Greek Monolingual
κνωδακίζω (Α) κνώδαξ
στηρίζω κάτι σε κέντρο ώστε να στρέφεται σαν πάνω σε άξονα.