κλῖμαξ: Difference between revisions

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