κλῖμαξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ᾰκος, ἡ, ([[κλίνω]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[ladder]] (because of its [[lean]]ing [[aslant]]), <span class="title">SIG</span> 1169.92 (Epid.); [[scaling-ladder]], <span class="bibl">Th.3.23</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>7.2.7</span>, etc.; κλίμακος προσαμβάσεις <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>466</span>,cf.<span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>489</span>; κλιμάκων ὀρθοστάτας προσβαλών <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>497</span>; [[προσθεῖναι]] Th.l.c.; [[board]]ing-[[ladder]], [[gangway]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span> 1351</span>, <span class="bibl">1382</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.22.30</span>; <b class="b3">κλίμακες σκύτιναι, κλίμακες στύππιναι</b>, <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>102.13</span>, <span class="bibl">16</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[staircase]], <span class="bibl">Od.1.330</span>, <span class="bibl">10.558</span>,al., <span class="title">IG</span>22.463.46; <b class="b3">κλίμακες ξύλιναι</b> ib. 1668.84; <b class="b3">κλῖμαξ ἑλικτή</b> [[winding]] [[stair]], <span class="bibl">Callix.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[frame]] with [[crossbar]]s, on which persons to be [[torture]]d were tied, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>618</span>, <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>422. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[ladder]] used in reducing [[dislocation]]s, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>42</span>; <b class="b3">κλῖμαξ ἰσχυροὺς ἔχουσα κλιμακτῆρας</b> ib.<span class="bibl">78</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[wrestler]]'s [[trick]], ἀμφίπλεκτοι κλίμακες <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>521</span> (lyr.), cf. Hsch. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[ἐκ κλίμακος]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> in Rhet., [[climax]], <span class="bibl">Demetr.<span class="title">Eloc.</span>270</span>, Quint.9.3.54, Longin.23.1 (pl.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> [[part]] of a [[chariot]], [[narrow]]ing like [[step]]s, <span class="bibl">Poll.1.253</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VI</span> in pl., [[κλίμακες]] = [[handrail]]s on either side of a [[bridge]], <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">An.</span>5.7.5</span>.</span>