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στροφεῖον

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Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep

Gnomologium Vaticanum, 446
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Transliteration A: stropheîon Transliteration B: stropheion Transliteration C: strofeion Beta Code: strofei=on

English (LSJ)

τό,

   A twisted noose, cord, X.Cyn.2.6, Poll.5.29 (gen. pl. στροφίων).    II machine used in the theatre in representing heroes translated to heaven or dying at sea or in war, Id.4.127,132.    2 windlass, capstan, Luc. Nav.5: hence,    b στροφεῖα, τά, perh. dues payable by ships for the use of a windlass, i.e. harbour-dues, IG11(2).138B8(Delos, iv/iii B.C.), 203A 30 (iii B.C.).    3 = στροφεύς 11, Kourouniotes Ἐλευσινιακά 1.190 (Eleusis, iv B.C., pl.).    III = στρόφιον 11, POxy.33 iii 5 (ii A.D.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 956] τό, 1) Werkzeug, Etwas zu drchen oder zu wenden, bes. auf dem Theater einc Maschine, um eine handelnde Person plötzlich den Augen der Zuschauer zu entziehen, Poll. 4, 131. – 2) cine hölzerne Winde, mit welcher die Ankertaue gedreht wurden, Luc. Navig. 5. – Auch ein gedrehtes Tau, Strick, Xcn. Cyn. 2, 7; vgl. Poll. 5, 29.