βαρουλκός
From LSJ
τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
English (LSJ)
(sc. μηχανή), ἡ, A lifting-screw, invented by Archimedes, Papp.1060, al., prob. in Vitr.10.1.1.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
βαρουλκός: (ἐνν. μηχανή), ἡ, μηχανὴ πρὸς τὸ ἕλκειν ἤ ἀνεγείρειν βάρη, ἐπινοηθεῖσα ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἀρχιμήδους, Ἥρων Μαθ.· - ὡσαύτως, βαρυολκός.
Greek Monolingual
βαρουλκός, η (Α)
(ενν. μηχανή) το βαρούλκο.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < βάρος + -ουλκός < ολκή ή ολκός < έλκω].
