χελώνιον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[tortoise-shell]], <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">PA</span>671a32</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Resp.</span>479a6</span> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[χελωνιδίων]]), <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>7.16</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[crab's shell]], Plu.2.400a, Suid.s.v. [[Τενέδιος]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[arched part of the back]], <span class="bibl">Poll.2.177</span>: pl., [[muscles of the back]], prob. for [[χελύνια]] in <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">De.</span>34.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[part of a lock]], IG11(2).287<span class="title">A</span>46 (Delos, iii B. C.), <span class="title">Inscr.Délos</span> 316.72 (iii B. C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>46.17</span> (ii B. C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1028.20</span>,<span class="bibl">26</span> (ii A. D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>113.4</span> (ii A. D.), Theognost.<span class="title">Can.</span>124, Sch.<span class="bibl">Od.21.47</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[arch]] or [[bow]] for releasing the string of the stomach-bow, <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Bel.</span>77.11</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[knob]] against which the butt-ends of the arms of a torsion-engine rest, ib.<span class="bibl">93.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> prob. part of an irrigation machine, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span>3.1177.179</span> (ii A. D.); part of a crane in which the axle turns, Vitr.10.2.2, al.</span>