κύφων

English (LSJ)

ωνος, ὁ, (κυφός)

   A crooked piece of wood, bent yoke of the plough, Thgn.1201: κύφωνες, οἱ, two bars in the frame of a chariot, Poll.1.143.    II pillory, ἐν τῷ κ. αὐχένα ἔχειν Cratin.115, cf. Ar. Pl.476, 606; δεθῆναι ἐν τῷ κ. Arist.Pol.1306b2; μαστιγούσθω ἐν τῷ κ. OGI483.177 (Pergam.).    2 one who has had his neck in the pillory, knave, Archil.178, Luc.Pseudol.17.    III part of a woman's dress, Posidipp.44.    IV Archit., curved beam, IG42(1).102.224, al. (Epid., iv B.C.).    V part of a water-wheel, PLond.3.1177.213 (ii A.D.).