σχαστηρία

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A trigger, release-mechanism, Arist.Mu.398b15, Ph. Bel.74.27, Hero Aut.13.9, Bel.78.3, Plb.8.5.10, 8.6.3, Apollod.Poliorc. 188.7; trigger (worked by the foot) of a mechanism (cf. ὕσπληξ) for starting a race, Gal.18(1).438.    II perh. curtain-releasing mechanism, or curtain-rod, κατασκευάσαντι σ. χαλκᾶς εἰς τὸν νεὼ τοῦ Ἀσκληπιοῦ . . καὶ τῷ ἐνέντι τὰς σ. εἰς τὸν νεώ Inscr.Délos 372 A 110 (iii B.C.); κίρκων καὶ σχαστηριῶν ib.320 B67 (iii B.C.).    III pl., attachments for relaxing the pressure of a surgical noose, Heraclas ap. Orib.48.7.3.    IV place-name in IG22.2776.17,203.