ἐνήλατον

English (LSJ)

τό, (ἐνελαύνω)

   A anything driven in: as Subst. mostly pl., ἐνήλατα (sc. ξύλα), τά,    I the four rails, which make the frame of a bedstead, ἐ. ξύλα S.Fr.315, cf. Ph.1.666 (Att. κραστήρια, acc. to Phryn.155): later in sg., ἐνήλατον, τό, bedstead, Sor.2.61; τὸ τῆς κλίνης ἐ. PSI6.616.17 (iii A.D.).    II rungs of a ladder, which are fixed in the poles or sides, κλίμακος ξέστ' ἐνηλάτων βάθρα E.Ph.1179; ἄκρα κλιμάκων ἐνήλατα Id.Supp.729.    III ἀξόνων ἐνήλατα the pins driven into the axle, linchpins, Id.Hipp.1235.    IV ἐνήλατον· μέρος νεώς, Hsch.