ἐπίσπαστρον
From LSJ
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
English (LSJ)
τό,
A rope for pulling, D.S.17.90; also, a fowler's net, Dionys.Av.3.12. 2. = ἐπισπαστήρ 1, Poll.10.22. II. that which is drawn over, curtain, hanging, LXXEx.26.36.
German (Pape)
[Seite 981] τό, Alles, womit man Etwas an-, zuzieht; der Griff, womit man die Thür zuzieht, Poll. 10, 22; Zugseil, D. Sic. 17, 90; ein Zugnetz der Vogelsteller, Opp. Ix. 3, 12.
