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English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

on the hand or foot: P. and V. ὄνυξ, ὁ.

for fastening: Ar. and P. ἧλος, ὁ (Plato, Phaedo, 83D).

rivet: P. and V. γόμφος, ὁ (Plato, Timaeus 43A).

peg for hanging things: Ar. and V. πάσσαλος, ὁ (Euripides, Heraclidae 698).

studded with nails, adj.: V. εὔγομφος.

verb transitive

P. προσηλοῦν, Ar. and V. προσπασσαλεύειν, V. πασσαλεύειν.