στροφάλιγξ

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πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced

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Transliteration A: strophálinx Transliteration B: strophalinx Transliteration C: strofaligks Beta Code: strofa/ligc

English (LSJ)

[ᾰ], ιγγος, ἡ, (στρέφω, στροφαλίζω)

   A whirl, eddy, ἐν στροφάλιγγι κονίης Il.16.775, Od.24.39; μετὰ σ. κ. Il.21.503; ἀελλάων Opp.H.1.446; καπνοῖο A.R.4.140; of water in a bucket, Id.3.759; of an earthquake, Q.S.3.64: metaph., σ. μάχης AP7.226 (= Anacr. 100); ἄοκνος σ., of existence, Dam.Pr.148.    II curve, bend, D.P. 162,584, Q.S.8.236; orbit of a heavenly body, Arat.43, Orph.Fr. 236; of the bowels, Androm. ap. Gal.14.34.    III anything of a round shape, e.g. a cheese, Nic.Th.697.    IV = στρόφιγξ, pivot, hinge, Epigr. in An.Par.4.385.

German (Pape)

[Seite 956] ιγγος, ἡ, Wirbel, κονίης, Staubwirbel, Il. 16, 775. 21, 503 Od. 24, 39; μάχης, Anacr. 13 (VII, 226); – Krümmung, Bug, D. Per. 162. 584; – auch vom Kreislaufe der Gestirne, Arat. 43. – Uebh. alles Kreisförmige, z. B. ein runder Käse, Nic. 697, γάλακτος ξηροῦ; u. dei Orph. Arg. 532 δεσμοῖσιν ὠκείης στροφάλιγγος ἀρηρότες ἐσφίγγοντο κάλωες. umschlingendes Band. – Auch dasjenige, um das sich etwas Anderes dreht, wie dic Thürangel, die Wagenachse.