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ἡμῶν δ' ὅσα καὶ τὰ σώματ' ἐστὶ τὸν ἀριθμὸν καθ' ἑνός, τοσούτους ἔστι καὶ τρόπους ἰδεῖνwhatever number of persons there are, the same will be found the number of minds and of characters

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Full diacritics: σφήν Medium diacritics: σφήν Low diacritics: σφην Capitals: ΣΦΗΝ
Transliteration A: sphḗn Transliteration B: sphēn Transliteration C: sfin Beta Code: sfh/n

English (LSJ)

σφηνός, ὁ,

   A wedge, Ar.Ra.801, A.R.1.1204, Arist.Mech.853a19, PCair.Zen.759.2 (iii B.C.), etc.; used as an instrument of torture, A.Pr.64, Plu.2.498d, LXX 4 Ma.8.13, al. [σφην- prob. from σφᾱν-, cf. σφάνιον and v. sub σφηνόπους.]

German (Pape)

[Seite 1050] σφηνός, ὁ, der Keil, Aesch. Prom. 64; – alles Keilförmige, Ar. Ran. 800; Nicom. arithm. 2, 16 führt τεκτονικ οί, οἰκοδομικοί, χαλκευτικοί an, u. erkl. sie ausführlicher; auch ein Marterwerkzeug, Plut. an vit. suff. 2.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

σφήν: σφηνός, ὁ, ἡ «σφήνα», Ἀριστοφ. Βάτρ. 801, κλπ.· ― ἐν χρήσει ὡς ὄργανον βασανιστικόν, Αἰσχύλ. Πρ. 64, Πλούτ. 2. 498D, Ἰωσήπ. Μακκ. 8. 13, κ. ἀλλ.

French (Bailly abrégé)

σφηνός (ὁ) :
coin :
1 instrument de travail;
2 instrument de torture.
Étymologie: DELG étym. obscure.