μήρυμα

English (LSJ)

ατος, τό,

   A that which is drawn out: strand of gut, Ph.Bel. 65.33; skein of such strands, Hero Bel.81.14; thread, Poll.7.29; μηρύματα λίθων, of fibrous stone, Plu.2.434a; of bitumen, J.BJ4.8.4; of ship's cordage, Plu.Cic.47; μ. ἐρίου Dem.Ophth. ap. Aët.7.53; kink in a string, Hero Aut.2.11.    II a serpent's coil or trail, δολιχῷ μ. γαστρός Nic.Th.160, 265 (μηρύγματι codd., cf. Hsch., Cyr.).