βύσμα
From LSJ
τῷ οὖν τόξῳ ὄνομα βίος, ἔργον δὲ θάνατος → the bow is called life, but its work is death (Heraclitus)
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό, (βύω)
A plug, bung, Hp.Mul.2.114 (pl.), Ar.Fr. 299; Στίλπωνος βύσματα Stilpo's stoppers, i. e. arguments with which he stopped his opponents' mouths, Diph.23.
German (Pape)
[Seite 468] τό, das Hineingestopfte, Pfropf, Spund, Hippocr.; Ar. fr. bei Schol. Ar. Ran. 246 u. a. com. Hesych.
